Divination
קֶ֫סֶםStrong’s H7081qesem (qe-sem)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qesem is the Hebrew word usually translated “divination”, “divinations” and “divination of”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.”
Meaning
- Divination, witchcraftof the nations, Balaam · of false prophets · in a good sense (king's lips as oracles)
How it's translated
- divination 4
- divinations 2
- and divination 2
- and divinations 1
- and divination of 1
- the divination 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 4
- Numbers 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2 Kings 1
- Proverbs 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 23:23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
- 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 Samuel 15:23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
- 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.
- Proverbs 16:10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
- Jeremiah 14:14Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Hebrew dictionary
קֶ֫סֶם qesem · divination
1) divination, witchcraft 1a) of the nations, Balaam 1b) of false prophets 1c) in a good sense (king's lips as oracles)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “divination” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DIVINATION, noun
[Latin, to foretell. See Divine.]
- The act of divining; a foretelling future events, or discovering things secret or obscure, by the aid of superior beings, or by other than human means.
- Conjectural presage; prediction.
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.