יִדְּעֹנִי
yid.d.o.ni
“spiritist”
Definition
properly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; (by impl) a ghost
from H3045 (יָדַע);
- a knower, one who has a familiar spirit 1a) a familiar spirit, soothsayer, necromancer (meton)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
יִדְּעֹנִי appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
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.
Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them,and I will frustrate their plans,so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead,to mediums and spiritists.
You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
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