Strong's Hebrew · H3784
H3784 kâshaph
כָּשַׁף
kaw-shaf'
to practice sorcery
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kâshaph appears 6 times in Scripture, in Exodus, Deuteronomy, 2 Chronicles, Daniel and Malachi. 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, to whisper a spell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic
In the King James Version
sorcerer, (use) witch(-craft).
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 6 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.”
“You must not allow a sorceress to live.”
““Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.”
“Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,”
“So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,”
“But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.”
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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).
