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H3784 כָּשַׁף (kâshaph) kaw-shaf'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; properly, to whisper a spell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic

KJV Usage: sorcerer, (use) witch(-craft)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כָּשַׁף (ka.shaph) — to practice sorcery. 1) (Piel) to practice witchcraft or sorcery, use witchcraft 1a) sorcerer, sorceress (participle)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · כֶּשֶׁף · כַּשָּׁף

Divination | verb pi | ≈ נחשׁ · ענן · עשׂה אֹוב · עשׂה יִדְּעֹונִי

to practice sorcery = action by which humans make an effort to gain control over humans, animals, or deities ◄ through rituals and incantations

2CH 33:6 · MAL 3:5

Professions | ≈ אַשָּׁף · חָכָם · חַרְטֹם · כַּשְׂדִּים · נחשׁ · ענן

sorcerer: sorceress = a person who has made it their profession to help humans gain control over (other) humans, animals, or deities ◄ through rituals and incantations

EXO 7:11 · EXO 22:17 · DEU 18:10 · DAN 2:2

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כִּשֵּׁף vb. Pi. denom. practice sorcery base

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