To divine
נָחַשׁStrong’s H5172nachash (na-chash)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nachash is the Hebrew word usually translated “indeed”, “practices divination” and “practiced divination”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.”
Meaning
- To practice divination, divine, observe signs, learn by experience, diligently observe, practice fortunetelling, take as an omen(Piel)
How it's translated
- indeed 2
- he practices divination 2
- and he practiced divination 2
- i have learned by divination 1
- you will practice divination 1
- and an augurer 1
- they observed signs 1
- and they practiced divination 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
- 2 Kings 2
- Leviticus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 44:5Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
- Genesis 44:15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
- Leviticus 19:26Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 20:33Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
- 2 Kings 17:17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Hebrew dictionary
נָחַשׁ nachash · to divine
1) to practice divination, divine, observe signs, learn by experience, diligently observe, practice fortunetelling, take as an omen 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to practice divination 1a2) to observe the signs or omens
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “divine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DIVINE, adjective
[Latin, a god.]
- Pertaining to the true God; as the divine nature; divine perfections.
- Pertaining to a heathen deity, or to false gods.
- Partaking of the nature of God.
- Proceeding from God; as divine judgments.
All definitions and other forms of “divine”
- Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; extraordinary; apparently above what is human.“A divine sentence is in the lips of the king” Proverbs 16:10
- Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Not used.]
- Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; as divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
DIVINE, noun
- A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
- A man skilled in divinity; a theologian; as a great divine
DIVINE, verb transitive
[Latin]
- To foreknow; to foretell; to presage.
- To deify. [Not in use.]
DIVINE, verb intransitive
- To use or practice divination.
- To utter presages or prognostications.“The prophets thereof divine for money” Micah 3:11
- To have presages or forebodings.
- To guess or conjecture.
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.