כֶּשֶׁףkesheph
sorcery, sorceries
Pronunciation: keh'-shef · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3785
Meanings
2. of seductive and corrupting influences (2 Kings 9:22; Nahum 3:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 9:22 King Joram demanded, “Do you come in peace, Jehu?” Jehu replied, “How can there be peace as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother, Jezebel, are all around us?”
- 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.
- Micah 5:12 I will put an end to all witchcraft, and there will be no more fortune-tellers.
- Nahum 3:4 All this because Nineveh, the beautiful and faithless city, mistress of deadly charms, enticed the nations with her beauty. She taught them all her magic, enchanting people everywhere.
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).