Strong's Hebrew · H3049
H3049 yiddᵉʻônîy
יִדְּעֹנִי
yid-deh-o-nee'
spiritist
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yiddᵉʻônîy appears 11 times in Scripture, including Leviticus 19:31 and Deuteronomy 18:11. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; (by impl) a ghost
In the King James Version
wizard.
Derivation
from H3045 (יָדַע);
Appears 11 times in Scripture
“He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.”
“When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?”
“But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?””
“Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.”
“He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.”
“casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.”
“Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.”
“Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.”
“A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’””
“You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).