To divine
קָסַםStrong’s H7080qasam (qa-sam)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qasam is the Hebrew word usually translated “diviners”, “divines” and “diviner”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to practice divination, divineof diviners of the nations, Balaam · of false prophets of Israel · prohibited
How it's translated
- and the diviners 2
- divines 1
- diviners 1
- the diviner 1
- divine 1
- and they divined 1
- and diviner 1
- and diviners 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 6
- Micah 3
- Deuteronomy 2
- 1 Samuel 2
- Isaiah 2
- Jeremiah 2
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 18:14For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
- Joshua 13:22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
- 1 Samuel 6:2And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.
- 1 Samuel 28:8And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
- 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
קָסַם qasam · to divine
1) (Qal) to practice divination, divine 1a) of diviners of the nations, Balaam 1b) of false prophets of Israel 1c) prohibited
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.