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Lexicon :: Strong's H3049 - yiḏʿōnî

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יִדְעֹנִי
Transliteration
yiḏʿōnî
Pronunciation
yid-deh-o-nee'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 848d

Strong’s Definitions

יִדְּעֹנִי yiddᵉʻônîy, yid-deh-o-nee'; from H3045; properly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; (by implication) a ghost:—wizard.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H3049 in the following manner: wizard (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H3049 in the following manner: wizard (11x).

  1. a knower, one who has a familiar spirit

    1. a familiar spirit, soothsayer, necromancer (meton)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִדְּעֹנִי yiddᵉʻônîy, yid-deh-o-nee'; from H3045; properly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; (by implication) a ghost:—wizard.
STRONGS H3049: Abbreviations
† יִדְּעֹנִי noun masculine familiar spirit (properly either as knowing, wise (acquainted with secrets of unseen world), Ew vielwisserisch; or as intimate acquaintance of soothsayer, see RSJPh xiv. 1885. 127) — absolute יִדְּעֹנִי Deuteronomy 18:11 2 times; plural יִדְּעֹנִים 1 Samuel 28:3 6 times; הַיִּדְּעֹנִי מִן 1 Samuel 28:9, read הַיִּדְּעֹנִים מִן (see Greek Version of the LXX Th We Klo Dr); familiar spirit, always || אוֺב, אֹבוֺת 1 Samuel 28:3, 9; Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 19:3; 2 Kings 21:6 (עשׂה אוֺב; || נִחֵשׁ, עוֺנֵן) = 2 Chronicles 33:6; 2 Kings 23:24; Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6, 27 (all H; on last two compare Acts 16:16 and DrDeuteronomy 18:11), Deuteronomy 18:11(|| אוֺב + דֹּרֵשׁ אֶלהַֿמֵּתִים).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

19:31; 20:6; 20:27

Deuteronomy

18:11; 18:11; 18:11

1 Samuel

28:3; 28:3; 28:9; 28:9

2 Kings

21:6; 23:24

2 Chronicles

33:6

Isaiah

8:19; 19:3

Acts

16:16

H3049

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3049 matches the Hebrew יִדְעֹנִי (yiḏʿōnî),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:31 - “ ‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:6 - “ ‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:27 - “ ‘A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:11 - or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:3 - Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his own town of Ramah. Saul had expelled the mediums and spiritists from the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:9 - But the woman said to him, “Surely you know what Saul has done. He has cut off the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why have you set a trap for my life to bring about my death?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:6 - He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, arousing his anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 - Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists, the household gods, the idols and all the other detestable things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:6 - He sacrificed his children in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, arousing his anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:19 - When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will bring their plans to nothing; they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.
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