To practice sorcery
כָּשַׁףStrong’s H3784kashaph (ka-shaph)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kashaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “sorcerers”, “sorceress” and “sorcerer”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.”
Meaning
- (Piel) to practice witchcraft or sorcery, use witchcraftsorcerer, sorceress (participle)
How it's translated
- and the sorcerers 2
- a sorceress 1
- and a sorcerer 1
- and he practiced sorcery 1
- on the sorcerers 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Daniel 1
- Malachi 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 7:11Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
- Exodus 22:18Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
- Deuteronomy 18:10There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
- 2 Chronicles 33:6And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
- Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Hebrew dictionary
כָּשַׁף kashaph · to practice sorcery
1) (Piel) to practice witchcraft or sorcery, use witchcraft 1a) sorcerer, sorceress (participle)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sorceress” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SOR'CERESS, noun
A female magician or enchantress.
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.