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H825 אַשָּׁף (ʼashshâph) ash-shawf'

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

enchanter

Strong's Definition

a conjurer

Derivation: from an unused root (probably meaning to lisp, i.e. practice enchantment);

KJV Usage: astrologer.

TWOT Reference: 181

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) necromancer, conjurer,
2) (TWOT) astrologer, enchanter, exorcist

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אַשָּׁף (ash.shaph) — enchanter. 1) necromancer, conjurer, 2) (TWOT) astrologer, enchanter, exorcist Aramaic equivalent: ash.shaph (אָשַׁף "enchanter" H0826)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Professions | ≈ חַרְטֹם · כַּשְׂדִּים · כשׁף

conjurer, enchanter, exorcist, sorcerer exact meaning unknown; = class of persons skilled in magic and soothsaying; ◄ found in Babylon; ► working at the royal court

DAN 1:20 · 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

[אַשָּׁף] n.m. conjurer, necromancer only pl. Dn 1:20 ref

Bible Occurrences (2)

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