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Lexicon :: Strong's H3784 - kāšap̄

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כָּשַׁף
Transliteration
kāšap̄
Pronunciation
kaw-shaf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1051

Strong’s Definitions

כָּשַׁף kâshaph, kaw-shaf'; a primitive root; properly, to whisper a spell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic:—sorcerer, (use) witch(-craft).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H3784 in the following manner: sorcerers (3x), witch (2x), witchcraft (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H3784 in the following manner: sorcerers (3x), witch (2x), witchcraft (1x).

  1. (Piel) to practice witchcraft or sorcery, use witchcraft

    1. sorcerer, sorceress (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּשַׁף kâshaph, kaw-shaf'; a primitive root; properly, to whisper a spell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic:—sorcerer, (use) witch(-craft).
STRONGS H3784: Abbreviations
† כִּשֵּׁף verb
Pi. denominative practice sorcery (Assyrian kašâpu, id.); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular: וְעוֺנֵן וְנִחֵשׁ וְכִשֵּׁף וְעָשָׂה אוֺב וְיִדְּעוֺנִ֑י 2 Chronicles 33:6 (of Manasseh); elsewhere only Participle as substantive masculine singular sorcerer, in Israel, מְכַשֵּׁף Deuteronomy 18:10 (following קֹסֵם קְסָמִים מְעוֺנֵן וּמְנַחֵשׁ); feminine singular מְכַשֵּׁפָה = sorceress Exodus 22:17 [Exodus 22:18] (E); masculine plural מְכַשְּׁפִים Malachi 3:5 (named with adulterers and falseswearers); of diviners, or astrologers in Egypt (חַרְטֻמִּים which see H2748) Exodus 7:11 (P; || חֲכָמִים); in Babylon Daniel 2:2 (+ חַרְטֻמִּים, אַשָּׁפִים, כַּשְׂדִּים).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

7:11; 22:18

Deuteronomy

18:10

2 Chronicles

33:6

Daniel

2:2

Malachi

3:5

H3784

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Strong's Number H3784 matches the Hebrew כָּשַׁף (kāšap̄),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:11 - Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:18 - “You shall not permit a sorceress to live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:10 - There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering,[fn] anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:6 - And he burned his sons as an offering in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and used fortune-telling and omens and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and with necromancers. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:2 - Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be summoned to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
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