1) (Qal) to practice divination, divine 1a) of diviners of the nations, Balaam 1b) of false prophets of Israel 1c) prohibited
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H7080 — קָסַם
qa.sam · to divine · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Deuteronomy 18:10 · קֹסֵ֣םLet no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,Deuteronomy 18:14 · קֹסְמִ֖יםThough these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.Joshua 13:22 · הַקּוֹסֵ֑םThe Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.1 Samuel 6:2 · וְלַקֹּֽסְמִים֙the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”1 Samuel 28:8 · קָֽסֳמִיSo Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”2 Kings 17:17 · וַיִּקְסְמ֥וּThey sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.Isaiah 3:2 · וְקֹסֵ֥םthe mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,Isaiah 44:25 · וְקֹסְמִ֖יםwho foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,Jeremiah 27:9 · קֹֽסְמֵיכֶ֗םBut as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’Jeremiah 29:8 · וְקֹֽסְמֵיכֶ֑םFor this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.Micah 3:6 · מִקְּסֹ֑םTherefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.Micah 3:7 · הַקֹּ֣סְמִ֔יםThen the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”Micah 3:11 · יִקְסֹ֑מוּHer leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”Zechariah 10:2 · וְהַקּֽוֹסְמִים֙For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.