BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3633
kal.kol — Calcol
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.31; son of: Mahol (H4235); brother of: Ethan (H0387), Heman (H1968) and Darda (H1862) § Calcol or Chalcol = "sustaining" son or descendant of Zerah of Judah and one of the wise men with whom Solomon was compared
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Mentioned in Dan. 2:12 included three classes, (1) astrologers, (2) Chaldeans, and (3) soothsayers. The word in the original (hakamim) probably means “medicine men. In Chaldea medicine was only a branch of magic. The “wise men” of Matt. 2:7, who came from the East to Jerusalem, were magi from Persia or Arabia.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
