כָּשַׁף
ka.shaph
“to practice sorcery”
Definition
properly, to whisper aspell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic
a primitive root;
- (Piel) to practice witchcraft or sorcery, use witchcraft 1a) sorcerer, sorceress (participle)
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Occurrences
כָּשַׁף appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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