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 · קֹסֵ֣םThere shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,Deuteronomy 18:14 · קֹסְמִ֖יםFor these nations, that you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice sorcery, and to diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do.Joshua 13:22 · הַקּוֹסֵ֑םThe children of Israel alse killed Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, with the sword, among the rest of their slain.1 Samuel 6:2 · וְלַקֹּֽסְמִים֙The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Show us with which we shall send it to its place.”1 Samuel 28:8 · קָֽסֳמִיSaul disguised himself, and put on other clothing, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, “Please divine to me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whomever I shall name to you.”2 Kings 17:17 · וַיִּקְסְמ֥וּThey caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.Isaiah 3:2 · וְקֹסֵ֥םthe mighty man, the man of war, the judge, the prophet, the diviner, the elder,Isaiah 44:25 · וְקֹסְמִ֖יםwho frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;Jeremiah 27:9 · קֹֽסְמֵיכֶ֗םBut as for you, don’t you listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:Jeremiah 29:8 · וְקֹֽסְמֵיכֶ֑םFor thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Don’t let your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.Micah 3:6 · מִקְּסֹ֑ם“Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.Micah 3:7 · הַקֹּ֣סְמִ֔יםThe seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God.”Micah 3:11 · יִקְסֹ֑מוּHer leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh in the midst of us? No disaster will come on us.”Zechariah 10:2 · וְהַקּֽוֹסְמִים֙For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.