H2748 - חַרְטֹם (charṭôm)

H2748 חַרְטֹם (charṭôm) khar-tome'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

magician

Strong's Definition

a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)

Derivation: from the same as H2747 (חֶרֶט);

KJV Usage: magician.

TWOT Reference: 738b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) diviner, magician, astrologer

1a) engraver, writer (only in derivative sense of one possessed of occult knowledge)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4680 G5333

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) diviner, magician, astrologer 1a) engraver, writer (only in derivative sense of one possessed of occult knowledge) Aramaic equivalent: char.tom (חַרְטֹם "magician" H2749)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חַרְטֹם charṭôm BDB Definition: 1) diviner, magician, astrologer 1a) engraver, writer (only in derivative sense of one possessed of occult knowledge) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the same as H2747 Same Word by TWOT Number: 738b Total KJV Occurrences: 11

Bible Occurrences (10)

41:8 41:24

7:11 7:22 8:7 8:18 8:19 9:11

1:20 2:2

Genesis 41:8

In the morning... his spirit was troubled, so he summoned... all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

Genesis 41:24

And the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this [dream] to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.

Exodus 7:11

But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

Exodus 7:22

But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to [Moses and Aaron], just as the LORD had said.

Exodus 8:7

But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:18

The magicians tried... to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.

Exodus 8:19

This is the finger of God, the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

Exodus 9:11

The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on [them] and on all the Egyptians.