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Sorcery

כֶּ֫שֶׁףStrong’s H3785

kesheph (ke-sheph)

Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Kesheph is the Hebrew word usually translated “sorceries your”, “sorceries” and “sorceries her”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

“And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?”
2 Kings 9:22 KJV
Meaning
  1. Sorcery, witchcraft
How it's translated
  • sorceries your 2
  • sorceries 2
  • and sorceries her 1
  • by sorceries her 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 2
  • 2 Kings 1
  • Micah 1
  • Nahum 1

4 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

כֶּ֫שֶׁף kesheph · sorcery

sorcery, witchcraft

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “sorcery” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SOR'CERY, noun

Magic; enchantment; witchcraft; divination be the assistance of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits. Adder's wisdom I have learn'd to fence my ears against the sorceries.

    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.