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Lexicon :: Strong's H3785 - kešep̄

Aa
כֶּשֶׁף
Transliteration
kešep̄
Pronunciation
keh'-shef
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1051a

Strong’s Definitions

כֶּשֶׁף kesheph, keh'-shef; from H3784; magic:—sorcery, witchcraft.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H3785 in the following manner: witchcraft (4x), sorcery (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H3785 in the following manner: witchcraft (4x), sorcery (2x).

  1. sorcery, witchcraft

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֶּשֶׁף kesheph, keh'-shef; from H3784; magic:—sorcery, witchcraft.
STRONGS H3785: Abbreviations
† [כֶּ֫שֶׁף] noun masculine 2 Kings 9:22 sorcery, only plural (Assyrian kišpu, id.); — כְּשָׁפִים Micah 5:11; Nahum 3:4; suffix כְּשָׁפַיִךְ Isaiah 47:9,12; כְּשָׁפֶיהָ Nahum 3:4; 2 Kings 9:22; — sorceries:
1. literal מִיָּדֶיךָ וְהִכְרַתִּי כ׳ Micah 5:11, said of Israel; רֹב כ׳ Isaiah 47:9, 12 || חֲבָרַיִךְ, said of Babylon.
2. figurative of seductive and corrupting influences: of Jezebel 2 Kings 9:22 || זְנוּנִים; of Nineveh personified as harlot Nahum 3:4 (|| id.), called בַּעֲלַת כ׳ Nahum 3:4 (following זְנוּנֵי מֵרֹב זוֹנָה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

9:22; 9:22; 9:22

Isaiah

47:9; 47:9; 47:12; 47:12

Micah

5:11; 5:11

Nahum

3:4; 3:4; 3:4; 3:4

H3785

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3785 matches the Hebrew כֶּשֶׁף (kešep̄),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:22 - When [fn]Joram H3088 saw H7200 Jehu H3058, he said H559, “Is your intention peace H7965, Jehu H3058?” And he [fn]answered H559, “What H4100 ‘peace H7965,’ so H5704 long H5704 as your mother H517 Jezebel’s H348 acts of prostitution H2183 and witchcraft H3785 are so many H7227?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:9 -

“But these H428 two H8147 things H8147 will come H935 on you suddenly H7281 in one H259 day H3117:

Loss H7908 of H7908 children H7908 and widowhood H489.

They will come H935 on you in full H8537 measure H8537

In spite of your many H7230 sorceries H3785,

In spite of the great H3966 power H6109 of your spells H2267.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 -

“Persist H5975 now H4994 in your spells H2267

And in your many H7230 sorceries H3785

With which H834 you have labored H3021 from your youth H5271;

Perhaps H194 you will be H3201 able H3201 to benefit H3276,

Perhaps H194 you may cause H6206 trembling H6206.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:12 -

“I will eliminate H3772 sorceries H3785 from your hand H3027,

And you will have H1961 no H3808 fortune-tellers H6049.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 -

All because H4480 of the many H7230 sexual H2183 acts H2183 of the prostitute H2181,

The charming H2580 H2896 one H2896, the mistress H1172 of sorceries H3785,

Who sells H4376 nations H1471 by her sexual H2183 acts H2183,

And families H4940 by her sorceries H3785.

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