Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3785 - כֶּשֶׁף kesheph (sorcery)

Original Word:	כֶּשֶׁף
Transliteration:	kesheph
Definition:	sorcery
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(keh'-shef)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

sorcery, witchcraft

From kashaph; magic -- sorcery, witchcraft.

see HEBREW kashaph

Englishman's Concordance

1) sorcery, witchcraft
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3784
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1051a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[כֶּ֫שֶׁף] noun masculine^{2Kings 9:22}sorcery, only

plural (Assyrian kišpu, id.); — כְּשָׁפִיםMicah 5:11; Nahum 3:4; suffix כְּשָׁפַיִךְIsaiah 47:9,12; כְּשָׁפֶיהָNahum 3:4; 2 Kings 9:22; — sorceries:

1 literal מִיָּדֶיךָ׳וְהִכְרַתִּי כMicah 5:11, said of Israel; ׳רֹב כIsaiah 47:9,12 "" חֲבָרַיִךְ, said of Babylon.

2figurative of seductive and corrupting influences: of Jezebel 2 Kings 9:22 "" זְנוּנִים; of Nineveh personified as harlot Nahum 3:4 ("" id.), called ׳בַּעֲלַת כNahum 3:4 (following זוֺנָהמֵרֹב זְנוּנֵי).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3785. כְּשָׁפִים (kesheph) — 6 Occurrences

2 Kings 9:22
HEB:אִיזֶ֧בֶל אִמְּךָ֛ וּכְשָׁפֶ֖יהָ הָרַבִּֽים׃
NAS: Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
KJV: Jezebel and her witchcrafts [are so] many?
INT: Jezebel of your mother witchcrafts in abundance

Isaiah 47:9
HEB:עָלַ֔יִךְ בְּרֹ֣ב כְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְ בְּעָצְמַ֥ת חֲבָרַ֖יִךְ
NAS: In spite of your many sorceries, In spite of the great
KJV: for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great
INT: and of your many sorceries power of your spells

Isaiah 47:12
HEB:בַחֲבָרַ֙יִךְ֙ וּבְרֹ֣ב כְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְ בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָגַ֖עַתְּ
NAS: And in your many sorceries With which
KJV: and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein
INT: your spells your many sorceries which have labored

Micah 5:12
HEB: וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י כְשָׁפִ֖ים מִיָּדֶ֑ךָ וּֽמְעוֹנְנִ֖ים
NAS: I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
KJV: And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand;
INT: will cut sorceries your hand fortune-tellers

Nahum 3:4
HEB:חֵ֖ן בַּעֲלַ֣ת כְּשָׁפִ֑ים הַמֹּכֶ֤רֶת גּוֹיִם֙
NAS: the mistress of sorceries, Who sells
KJV: the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth
INT: favour the mistress of sorceries sells nations

Nahum 3:4
HEB:בִּזְנוּנֶ֔יהָ וּמִשְׁפָּח֖וֹת בִּכְשָׁפֶֽיהָ׃
NAS: And families by her sorceries.
KJV: and families through her witchcrafts.
INT: harlotries and families her sorceries

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