Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3049 - יִדְּעֹנִי yiddeoni (familiar spirit)

Original Word:	יִדְּעֹנִי
Transliteration:	yiddeoni
Definition:	familiar spirit
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(yid-deh-o-nee')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

wizard

From yada'; properly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; (by impl) a ghost -- wizard.

see HEBREW yada'

Englishman's Concordance

1) a knower, one who has a familiar spirit
1a) a familiar spirit, soothsayer, necromancer (metonymy)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3045
Same Word by TWOT Number: 848d

Brown-Driver-Briggs

יִדְּעֹנִיnoun masculinefamiliar spirit (properly either as knowing, wise (acquainted with secrets of unseen world), Ew vielwisserisch; or as intimate acquaintance of soothsayer, see RS^{JPh xiv. 1885. 127}) — absolute יִדְּעֹנִיDeuteronomy 18:11 2t.; plural יִדְּעֹנִים1 Samuel 28:3 6t.; הַיִּדְּעֹנִי מִן1 Samuel 28:9, read הַיִּדְּעֹנִים מִן (see ᵐ5 Th We Klo Dr); familiar spirit, always "" אוֺב, אֹבוֺת1 Samuel 28:3,9; Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 19:3; 2 Kings 21:6 (עשׂה אוֺב; "" נִחֵשׁ, עוֺנֵן)=2 Chronicles 33:6; 2 Kings 23:24; Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6,27 (all H; on last two compare Acts 16:16 and Dr^{Deuteronomy 18:11}), Deuteronomy 18:11("" אוֺב + דֹּרֵשׁ אֶלהַֿמֵּתִים).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3049. יִדְּעֹנִי (yiddeoni) — 11 Occurrences

Leviticus 19:31
HEB:הָאֹבֹת֙ וְאֶל־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים אַל־ תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ
NAS: to mediums or spiritists; do not seek
KJV: neither seek after wizards, to be defiled
INT: mediums to spiritists not seek

Leviticus 20:6
HEB:הָֽאֹבֹת֙ וְאֶל־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים לִזְנ֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם
NAS: to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot
KJV: and after wizards, to go a whoring
INT: to mediums and to spiritists to play after

Leviticus 20:27
HEB:א֛וֹב א֥וֹ יִדְּעֹנִ֖י מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֑תוּ
NAS: or a spiritist shall surely
KJV: a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely
INT: medium or A spiritist shall surely be put

Deuteronomy 18:11
HEB:וְשֹׁאֵ֥ל אוֹב֙ וְיִדְּעֹנִ֔י וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ אֶל־
NAS: or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls
KJV: with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
INT: A consulter spirits A spiritist calls up

1 Samuel 28:3
HEB:הָאֹב֥וֹת וְאֶת־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֖ים מֵהָאָֽרֶץ׃
NAS: those who were mediums and spiritists.
KJV: those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
INT: had removed were mediums and spiritists the land

1 Samuel 28:9
HEB:הָאֹב֥וֹת וְאֶת־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֖י מִן־ הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: those who are mediums and spiritists from the land.
KJV: those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land:
INT: has cut are mediums and spiritists from the land

2 Kings 21:6
HEB:וְעָ֥שָׂה א֖וֹב וְיִדְּעֹנִ֑ים הִרְבָּ֗ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת
NAS: with mediums and spiritists. He did
KJV: with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought
INT: and dealt mediums and spiritists much did

2 Kings 23:24
HEB:הָאֹב֣וֹת וְאֶת־ הַ֠יִּדְּעֹנִים וְאֶת־ הַתְּרָפִ֨ים
NAS: the mediums and the spiritists and the teraphim
KJV: Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images,
INT: Moreover the mediums and the spiritists and the teraphim and the idols

2 Chronicles 33:6
HEB:וְעָ֥שָׂה א֖וֹב וְיִדְּעוֹנִ֑י הִרְבָּ֗ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת
NAS: with mediums and spiritists. He did
KJV: with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought
INT: and dealt mediums and spiritists much did

Isaiah 8:19
HEB:הָאֹבוֹת֙ וְאֶל־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים הַֽמְצַפְצְפִ֖ים וְהַמַּהְגִּ֑ים
NAS: the mediums and the spiritists who whisper
KJV: unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep,
INT: the mediums and to the spiritists whisper and mutter

Isaiah 19:3
HEB:הָאֹב֖וֹת וְאֶל־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִֽים׃
NAS: And to mediums and spiritists.
KJV: and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
INT: mediums and to spiritists

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