חֶבֶרcheber
company, association, spell
Pronunciation: kheh'-ber · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2267
Meanings
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 18:11 or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead.
- Psalms 58:5 ignoring the tunes of the snake charmers, no matter how skillfully they play.
- Isaiah 47:9 Well, both these things will come upon you in a moment: widowhood and the loss of your children. Yes, these calamities will come upon you, despite all your witchcraft and magic.
- Isaiah 47:12 “Now use your magical charms! Use the spells you have worked at all these years! Maybe they will do you some good. Maybe they can make someone afraid of you.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).