GREEK · G940
βασκαίνω
baskainō — to bewitch
βασκαίνω, [in LXX: Deu.28:54, 56 (רעע), Sir.14:6, 8*.] 1. to slander (Dem.). 2. to blight by the evil eye, to fascinate, bewitch: Gal.3:1. † (AS)
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Evil eye
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
(Prov. 23:6), figuratively, the envious or covetous. (Comp. Deut. 15:9; Matt. 20:15.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.