H3704 כֶּסֶת (keçeth) keh'-seth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

amulet

Strong's Definition

a cushion or pillow (as covering a seat or bed)

Derivation: from H3680 (כָּסָה);

KJV Usage: pillow.

TWOT Reference: 1009a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) band, fillet, covered amulets, false phylacteries

1a) used by false prophetesses in Israel to support their demonic fortune-telling schemes

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G4344

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כֶּ֫סֶת (ke.set) — amulet. 1) band, fillet, covered amulets, false phylacteries 1a) used by false prophetesses in Israel to support their demonic fortune-telling schemes

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

כֶּסֶת (H3704)

noun f

Clothing

band = strip ◄ of cloth, ► to be worn on one's wrist or arm; ≈ believed to have supernatural power

EZK 13:18 · EZK 13:20

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[כֶּ֫סֶת] n.f. band, fillet (= charm or amulet), only pl. base

Bible Occurrences (2)

13:18 13:20

Ezekiel 13:18

and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists... and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people... but preserve your own...?

Ezekiel 13:20

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare... souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds.