the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Strong's #3785 - כֶּשֶׁף
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- sorcery, witchcraft
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2293) psk (כסהפ KShP) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Sorcery: Supernatural powers used by idolaters.
V) psk (כסהפ KShP) - Sorcery: To practice sorcery. KJV (6): (vf: Piel, Participle) sorcerer, witch, witchcraft - Strongs: H3784 (כָּשַׁף)
Nm) psk (כסהפ KShP) - I. Sorcery: II. Sorcerer:KJV (7): witchcraft, sorcery, sorcerer - Strongs: H3785 (כֶּשֶׁף), H3786 (כַּשָּׁף)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
plural (Assyrian kišpu, id.); — כְּשָׁפִים Micah 5:11; Nahum 3:4; suffix כְּשָׁפַיִךְ Isaiah 47:9,12; כְּשָׁפֶיהָ Nahum 3:4; 2 Kings 9:22; — sorceries:
1 literal מִיָּדֶיךָ׳וְהִכְרַתִּי כ Micah 5:11, said of Israel; ׳רֹב כ Isaiah 47:9,12 "" חֲבָרַיִךְ, said of Babylon.
2 figurative of seductive and corrupting influences: of Jezebel 2 Kings 9:22 "" זְנוּנִים; of Nineveh personified as harlot Nahum 3:4 ("" id.), called ׳בַּעֲלַת כ Nahum 3:4 (following זוֺנָהמֵרֹב זְנוּנֵי).
כֶּשֶׁף only found in pl. כְּשָׁפִים incantations, sorceries, 2 Kings 9:22; Micah 5:11; Nahum 3:4; Isaiah 47:12 and