Lexicon qasam: to practice divination Original Word: קָסַםPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: qasam Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-sam') Short Definition: diviners NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origindenominative verb from qesemDefinitionto practice divination NASB Translationconjure (1), divination (2), divine (2), diviner (2), diviners (7), divining (1), practice (1), practiced (1), use (1), uses (1), utter...divinations (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs קָסַם verb denominative practise divination; — Qal Imperfect, 3 masculine plural יִקְסְמוּ 2 Kings 17:17, יִקְסֹ֑מוּ Micah 3:11; 2feminine singular תִּקְסַמְנָה Ezekiel 13:23; Imperative feminine singular קָסֳמִי 1 Samuel 28:8 Qr (Kt קסומי); Infinitive construct קְסֹם Micah 3:8 (Buhl קֶסֶם), קְסָםֿ Ezekiel 21:26; Ezekiel 21:34 קְסָ֯וםֿ Ezekiel 21:28 (read קֶסֶם Co Buhl), especially Participle קֹסֵם Deuteronomy 18:10; Isaiah 3:2, etc.; — 1 of diviners of the nations, Balaam, Joshua 13:22 (D), Philist 1 Samuel 6:2 ("" כהנים), Babylonian Isaiah 44:25 ("" חכמים) Ezekiel 21:26 compare שׁוא׳ק Ezekiel 21:28 (but read קֶסֶם), + Isaiah 2:6 (insert probably קֹסְמִים, > קֶסֶם, or מִקְסָם; see קֶדֶם 1b); of Can. necromancers בָּאוֺב 1 Samuel 28:8; "" מְעֹנְנִים Deuteronomy 18:14; of Ammonites כָּזָכ ׳ק Ezekiel 21:34 (+ ל person). 2 false prophets of Israel "" חזה Micah 3:6 (? קֶסֶם; "" חזון) Micah 3:7; Isaiah 3:2 (+ נביא; compare Isaiah 3:3), "" נביאים Jeremiah 27:9; Jeremiah 29:8, בְּכֶסֶף Micah 3:11, "" חזה שׁקר Zechariah 10:2; "" ׃חזה שׁוא ׳ק קֶסֶם Ezekiel 13:23 (but see קֶסֶם), כָּזָב ׳ק Ezekiel 13:9; Ezekiel 22:28,+ Ezekiel 13:6 (read וְקָֽסְמוּ or [Co Berthol] infinitive absolute וְקָסֹם, Vrss. Toy). 3 קְסָמִים ׳ק prohibited Deuteronomy 18:10; 2 Kings 17:17
Strong's diviner prudent, soothsayer, use divination A primitive root; properly, to distribute, i.e. Determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine -- divine(-r, -ation), prudent, soothsayer, use (divination). |
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