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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 among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses H7080 divination, one who practices soothsaying or one who interprets omens or a sorcerer,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:14 - “For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice soothsaying and to diviners H7080, but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you to do so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:22 - The sons of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the diviner H7080, with the sword among the rest of their slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:2 - And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners H7080, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Make us know [fn]how we shall send it to its place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:8 -

Then Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, “Divine H7080 for me, please, and bring up for me whom I shall say to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17 - Then they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and practiced H7080 divination and omens, and sold themselves to do what is evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:2 -

The mighty man and the man of war,

The judge and the prophet,

The diviner H7080 and the elder,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:25 -

Causing the [fn]omens of boasters to be annulled,

And [fn]making fools out of diviners H7080,

Causing wise men to turn back,

And [fn]making foolishness out of their knowledge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9 - “But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners H7080, your [fn]dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:8 - “For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners H7080 deceive you, and do not listen to your dreams which you dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9 - “So My hand will be against the prophets who see worthless visions and utter H7080 lying divinations H7080. They will not be in the council of My people, nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, [fn]that you may know that I am Lord Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23 - therefore, you women will no longer see worthless visions or practice H7080 divination, and I will deliver My people out of your hand. Thus you will know that I am Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21 - “For the king of Babylon stands at the [fn]parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use H7080 divination; he shakes the arrows; he asks the [fn]household idols; he looks at the liver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - “And it will be to them like a worthless divination H7080 in their eyes; they have sworn solemn oaths. But he brings iniquity to remembrance, that they may be seized.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - while they behold for you worthless visions, while they divine H7080 lies for you—to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has 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 - “And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, beholding worthless visions and divining H7080 lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,’ when Yahweh has not spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:6 -

Therefore it will be night for you—without vision,

And darkness for you—without divination H7080.

The sun will go down on the prophets,

And the day will grow black over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:7 -

The seers will be ashamed,

And the diviners H7080 will be humiliated.

Indeed, they will all cover their [fn]mouths

Because there is no answer from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11 -

Her heads pronounce judgment for a bribe,

And her priests instruct for a price,

And her prophets divine H7080 for money.

Yet they lean on Yahweh saying,

“Is not Yahweh in our midst?

Evil will not come upon us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 -

For the teraphim speak wickedness,

And the diviners H7080 behold [fn]false visions

And speak worthless dreams;

They comfort in vain.

Therefore the people journey like sheep;

They are afflicted because there is no shepherd.

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