BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G5568
psalmos — psalm
ψαλμός, -οῦ, ὁ (ψάλλω), [in LXX chiefly for מִזְמוֹר ;] 1. a striking, twitching with the fingers (Eur., al.), hence, a striking of musical strings (Æsch., a1.), and hence in later writers, 2. a sacred song sung to musical accompaniment, a psalm (LXX): 1Co.14:26, Eph.5:19, Col.3:16; of OT psalms, Luk.24:44, Act.13:33; βίβλος ψαλμῶν, Luk.20:42, Act.1:20.† SYN.: see: ὕμνος (AS)
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7081
qe.sem — divination
1) divination, witchcraft 1a) of the nations, Balaam 1b) of false prophets 1c) in a good sense (king's lips as oracles)
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3784
ka.shaph — to practice sorcery
1) (Piel) to practice witchcraft or sorcery, use witchcraft 1a) sorcerer, sorceress (participle)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3785
ke.sheph — sorcery
sorcery, witchcraft
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5567
psallō — to sing praise
ψάλλω [in LXX chiefly for זָמַר pi. (Jdg.5:3, Psa.7:17, al.), also for נָגַן pi. (1Ki.16:16 ff, al.) ;] 1. to pull, twitch, twang (as a bowstring, etc.; Æsch., Eur., al.), hence, 2. absol., (a) to play a stringed instrument with the fingers (Hdt., Plat., al.); (b) later, to sing to a harp, sing psalms (LXX); in NT, to sing a hymn, sing praise: Jas.5:13; with dative of person(s), Rom.15:9 (LXX), Eph.5:19; dative instr., 1Co.14:15.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H407
akh.shaph — Achshaph
§ Achshaph = "I shall be bewitched" city in north Canaan at foot of Mt Carmel
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5331
pharmakeia — sorcery
φαρμακία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ (φαρμακεύω, to administer drugs) poët. and late prose form of φαρμακεία, [in LXX: Exo.7:11, 22 8:7, 18 (3, 14) (לָט, חַרְטֹם), Isa.47:9, 12 (כֶּשֶׁף) Wis.12:4 18:13 * ;] 1. generally, the use of medicine, drugs or spells (Xen.). 2. (a) poisoning (Plut., Polyb.); (b) sorcery, witchcraft: Gal.5:20 (see Lft., in l), Rev.9:21 (WH, txt., φαρμάκων) Rev.18:23 (cf. LXX, ll. with).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G940
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)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21089
Seirēneios — bewitching
bewitching
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21303
pharmakia — witchcraft
witchcraft
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6659
baskanos — bewitching
1. slanderous, envious, malignant , (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. as Substantive a slanderer , (Demosthenes Orator) 3. a sorcerer , (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9419
temnō — to prune
1. to cut, hew , (Homer), etc.; ὀδόντας οἵους τέμνειν teeth fit for cutting , (Xenophon Historicus) 2. to cut, wound, maim , (Iliad by Homer); πρὸς δέρην τ. to wound her in the neck, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 3. of a surgeon, to cut , (Iliad by Homer): absolute to use the knife , as opposite to cautery ( κάειν), (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.:—;Pass. to be operated upon , (Plato Philosophus) 4. to cut up, cut to pieces , (Homer), etc.:—; to slaughter, sacrifice , (Iliad by Homer) 5. ὅρκια τάμνειν to sacrifice in attestation of an oath, and so to take solemn oaths , (Homer); θάνατόν νύ τοι ὅρκι᾽ ἔταμνον I made a truce which was death to thee, (Iliad by Homer):—;Mid., of two parties, ὅρκια τάμνεσθαι (Herdotus Historicus):—;cf. Lat. foedus ferire. 6. φάρμακον τέμνειν to cut or chop up a plant for purposes of medicine or witchcraft, (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; ἄκος τέμνειν to contrive a means or remedy, (Euripides) 7. to divide , of a river, μέσην τ. Λιβύην to cut it in twain, (Herdotus Historicus); δίχα τ. to cut in two, bisect , (Plato Philosophus) 8. to cut asunder, cut off, sever , κεφαλὴν ἀπὸ δειρῆς (Iliad by Homer), etc.; with double accusative, ἐρινεὸν τάμνε ὄρπηκας cut the branches off the fig-tree, (Iliad by Homer); and in Pass., τρίχας ἐτμήθην had them cut off , (Euripides) 9. to part off, mark off , τέμενος (Iliad by Homer) 10. to cut down, fell trees, (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;Mid., δοῦρα τάμνεσθαι to fell oneself timber, (Odyssey by Homer) 11. λίθον τ. to hew stone, (Plato Philosophus): Mid., λίθους τάμνεσθαι to have them wrought or hewn , (Herdotus Historicus) 12. to cut down for purposes of destruction, (Euripides), etc.; τ. τὴν γῆν to ravage the country by felling the trees and cutting the corn , (Herdotus Historicus); with partitive genitive, τῆς γῆς τ. to waste part of it, (Thucydides) 13. to cut or hew into shape , δούρατα (Odyssey by Homer), etc. 14. to cut lengthwise, to plough , Solon. 15. τ. ὁδόν to cut or make a road, (Thucydides):—;Pass., τέτμηνται κέλευθοι (Pindar) 16. also to make one's way, advance , τ. ὁδόν (Euripides); τὴν μεσόγαιαν τ. τῆς ὁδοῦ to take the middle road, strike through the interior, (Herdotus Historicus); μέσον τέμνειν to hold a middle course, (Plato Philosophus) 17. of ships, to cut through the waves, plough the sea , (Odyssey by Homer):—;so of birds, to cleave the air, (Aristophanes Comicus) 18. to bring to a decision , Lat. decidere, (Pindar) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Occurs only in Ex. 22:18, as the rendering of mekhashshepheh, the feminine form of the word, meaning “enchantress” (R.V., “sorceress”), and in Deut. 18:10, as the rendering of mekhashshepheth, the masculine form of the word, meaning “enchanter.”
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
