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Strong's #3785 - כֶּשֶׁף

Transliteration

kesheph

Phonetics

keh'-shef

Origin

from (H3784)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1051a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

sorcery, witchcraft

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5331 ‑ φαρμακεία (far‑mak‑i'‑ah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 2

BSB (6)

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 2

CSB (5)

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 2

ESV (6)

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 2

KJV (6)

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 2

LEB (6)

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 2

LSB (6)

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 2

N95 (6)

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 2

NAS (6)

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

2 Kings 1

Isaiah 2

Micah 1

Nahum 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2293) p s k (כסהפ KShP) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Sorcery: Supernatural powers used by idolaters.

V) p s k (כסהפ KShP) - Sorcery: To practice sorcery. KJV (6): (vf: Piel, Participle) sorcerer, witch, witchcraft - Strongs: H3784 (כָּשַׁף)

N^m) p s k (כסהפ KShP) - I. Sorcery: II. Sorcerer:KJV (7): witchcraft, sorcery, sorcerer - Strongs: H3785 (כֶּשֶׁף), H3786 (כַּשָּׁף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[כֶּ֫שֶׁף] noun masculine^{2 Kings 9:22} sorcery, only

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).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

כֶּשֶׁף only found in pl. כְּשָׁפִים incantations, sorceries, 2 Kings 9:22; Micah 5:11; Nahum 3:4; Isaiah 47:12 and

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List of Word Forms

בִּכְשָׁפֶֽיהָ׃ בכשפיה׃ וּכְשָׁפֶ֖יהָ וכשפיה כְּשָׁפִ֑ים כְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְ כְשָׁפִ֖ים כשפיך כשפים bichshaFeiha biḵ·šā·p̄e·hā biḵšāp̄ehā cheshaFim kə·šā·p̄a·yiḵ kə·šā·p̄îm ḵə·šā·p̄îm kəšāp̄ayiḵ kəšāp̄îm ḵəšāp̄îm keshaFayich keshaFim ū·ḵə·šā·p̄e·hā ucheshaFeiha ūḵəšāp̄ehā