Spiritist
יִדְּעֹנִיStrong’s H3049yiddoni (yid-d-o-ni)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yiddoni is the Hebrew word usually translated “soothsayers”, “soothsayer” and “familiar spirit”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.”
Meaning
- A knower, one who has a familiar spirita familiar spirit, soothsayer, necromancer (meton)
How it's translated
- the soothsayers 6
- a soothsayer 1
- and a familiar spirit 1
- the soothsayer 1
- and soothsayers 1
- and soothsayer 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 3
- 1 Samuel 2
- 2 Kings 2
- Isaiah 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 20:6And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 20:27A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
- Deuteronomy 18:11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
- 1 Samuel 28:3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
- 1 Samuel 28:9And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
- 2 Kings 21:6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Hebrew dictionary
יִדְּעֹנִי yiddoni · spiritist
1) a knower, one who has a familiar spirit 1a) a familiar spirit, soothsayer, necromancer (meton)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “soothsayer” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SOOTH'SAYER, noun
A foreteller; a prognosticator; one who undertakes to foretell future events without inspiration.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.