GREEK · G6576
ἀστρολόγος
astrologos — astrologer
astrologer
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Astrologer
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G6708
γαζαρηνός
gazarēnos — astrologer
astrologer
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2748
חַרְטֹם
char.tom — magician
1) diviner, magician, astrologer 1a) engraver, writer (only in derivative sense of one possessed of occult knowledge) Aramaic equivalent: char.tom (חַרְטֹם "magician" H2749)
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2749
חַרְטֹם
char.tom — magician
magician, magician-astrologer Aramaic of char.tom (חַרְטֹם "magician" H2748)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H825
אַשָּׁף
ash.shaph — enchanter
1) necromancer, conjurer, 2) (TWOT) astrologer, enchanter, exorcist Aramaic equivalent: ash.shaph (אָשַׁף "enchanter" H0826)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1895
הָבַר
ha.var — to divide
1) (Qal) to divide 1a) be an astrologer (with obj-heavens)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(Dan. 1:20; 2:2, 10, 27, etc.) Heb. ‘ashshaph’, an enchanter, one who professes to divine future events by the appearance of the stars. This science flourished among the Chaldeans. It was positively forbidden to the Jews (Deut. 4:19; 18:10; Isa. 47:13).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.