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Lexicon :: Strong's H7080 - qāsam

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קָסַם
Transliteration
qāsam
Pronunciation
kaw-sam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2044

Strong’s Definitions

קָסַם qâçam, kaw-sam'; a primitive root; properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine:—divine(-r, -ation), prudent, soothsayer, use (divination).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H7080 in the following manner: divine (7x), diviners (7x), use (3x), divination (1x), prudent (1x), soothsayer (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H7080 in the following manner: divine (7x), diviners (7x), use (3x), divination (1x), prudent (1x), soothsayer (1x).

  1. (Qal) to practice divination, divine

    1. of diviners of the nations, Balaam

    2. of false prophets of Israel

    3. prohibited

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָסַם qâçam, kaw-sam'; a primitive root; properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine:—divine(-r, -ation), prudent, soothsayer, use (divination).
STRONGS H7080: Abbreviations
† קָסַם verb denominative practise divination; —
Qal Imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural יִקְסְמוּ 2 Kings 17:17, יִקְסֹ֑מוּ Micah 3:11; 2nd person feminine singular תִּקְסַמְנָה Ezekiel 13:23; Imperative feminine singular קָסֳמִי 1 Samuel 28:8 Qr (Kt קסומי); Infinitive construct קְסֹם Micah 3:8 (Buhl קֶסֶם), קְסָםֿ Ezekiel 21:26; Ezekiel 21:34 קְסָ֯וםֿ Ezekiel 21:28 (read קֶסֶם Co Buhl), especially Participle קֹסֵם Deuteronomy 18:10; Isaiah 3:2, etc.; —
1. of diviners of the nations, Balaam, Joshua 13:22 (D), Philistines 1 Samuel 6:2 (|| כהנים), Babylonian Isaiah 44:25 (|| חכמים) Ezekiel 21:26 compare שׁוא ק׳ Ezekiel 21:28 (but read קֶסֶם), + Isaiah 2:6 (insert probably קֹסְמִים, > קֶסֶם, or מִקְסָם; see קֶדֶם 1b); of Canaanite. necromancers בָּאוֺב 1 Samuel 28:8; || מְעֹנְנִים Deuteronomy 18:14; of Ammonites כָּזָכ ק׳ Ezekiel 21:34 (+ ל person).
2. false prophets of Israel || חזה Micah 3:6 (? קֶסֶם; || חזון) Micah 3:7; Isaiah 3:2 (+ נביא; compare Isaiah 3:3), || נביאים Jeremiah 27:9; Jeremiah 29:8, בְּכֶסֶף Micah 3:11, || חזה שׁקר Zechariah 10:2; || ׃חזה שׁוא ק׳ קֶסֶם Ezekiel 13:23 (but see קֶסֶם), כָּזָב ק׳ Ezekiel 13:9; Ezekiel 22:28,+ Ezekiel 13:6 (read וְקָֽסְמוּ or [Co Berthol] infinitive absolute וְקָסֹם, Vrss. Toy).
3. קְסָמִים ק׳ prohibited Deuteronomy 18:10; 2 Kings 17:17
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

18:10; 18:10; 18:14

Joshua

13:22

1 Samuel

6:2; 28:8; 28:8

2 Kings

17:17; 17:17

Isaiah

2:6; 3:2; 3:2; 3:3; 44:25

Jeremiah

27:9; 29:8

Ezekiel

13:6; 13:9; 13:23; 13:23; 21:26; 21:26; 21:28; 21:28; 22:28

Micah

3:6; 3:7; 3:8; 3:11; 3:11

Zechariah

10:2

H7080

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7080 matches the Hebrew קָסַם (qāsam),
which occurs 23 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:10 - There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:14 - For these nations, that you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice sorcery, and to diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you so to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:22 - Bil`am also the son of Be'or, the soothsayer, did the children of Yisra'el kill with the sword among the rest of their slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:2 - The Pelishtim called for the Kohanim and the diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Show us with which we shall send it to its place."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:8 - Sha'ul disguised himself, and put on other clothing, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, Please divine to me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whoever I shall name to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17 - They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:2 - The mighty man, The man of war, The judge, The prophet, The diviner, The elder,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:25 - who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9 - But as for you, don't you listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Bavel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:8 - For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Yisra'el: Don't let your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen you to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9 - My hand shall be against the prophets who see false visions, and who divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Yisra'el, neither shall they enter into Eretz-Yisra'el; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23 - Therefore you shall no more see false visions, nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21 - For the king of Bavel stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows back and forth, he consulted the terafim, he looked in the liver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - It shall be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day is come in the time of the iniquity of the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - Her prophets have daubed for them with whitewash, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says the Lord GOD, when the LORD has not spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:6 - "Therefore night is over you, with no vision, And it is dark to you, that you may not divine; And the sun will go down on the prophets, And the day will be black over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:7 - The seers shall be disappointed, And the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; For there is no answer from God."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11 - Her leaders judge for bribes, And her Kohanim teach for a price, And her prophets of it tell forturnes for money: Yet they lean on the LORD, and say, Isn't the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster will come on us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - For the terafim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; And they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.
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