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Lexicon :: Strong's H3785 - kešep̄

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כֶּשֶׁף
Transliteration
kešep̄
Pronunciation
keh'-shef
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1051a

Strong’s Definitions

כֶּשֶׁף kesheph, keh'-shef; from H3784; magic:—sorcery, witchcraft.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H3785 in the following manner: witchcraft (4x), sorcery (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H3785 in the following manner: witchcraft (4x), sorcery (2x).

  1. sorcery, witchcraft

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֶּשֶׁף kesheph, keh'-shef; from H3784; magic:—sorcery, witchcraft.
STRONGS H3785: Abbreviations
† [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 זְנוּנֵי מֵרֹב זוֹנָה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

9:22; 9:22; 9:22

Isaiah

47:9; 47:9; 47:12; 47:12

Micah

5:11; 5:11

Nahum

3:4; 3:4; 3:4; 3:4

H3785

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3785 matches the Hebrew כֶּשֶׁף (kešep̄),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:22 - When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Do you come in peace, Jehu?” And he answered, “What peace [can exist] as long as the fornications of your mother Jezebel and her sorceries are so many?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:9 -

“But these two things shall come to you abruptly, in one day:

Loss of children and widowhood.

They will come on you in full measure

In spite of your many [claims of power through your] sorceries,

In spite of the great power of your enchantments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 -

“Persist, then, [Babylon] in your enchantments

And your many sorceries

With which you have labored from your youth;

Perhaps you will be able to profit [from them],

Perhaps you may prevail and cause trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:12 -

“I will cut off witchcrafts and sorceries from your hand,

And you shall have no more fortune-tellers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:4 -

All because of the many acts of prostitution of [Nineveh] the prostitute,

The charming and well-favored one, the mistress of sorceries,

Who betrays nations by her acts of prostitution (idolatry)

And families by her sorceries.

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