נָחַשׁnâchash
Pi`el: practise divination, divine, observe signs (2 Kings 21:6; 2 Chronicles 33:6; Genesis 30:27)
Pronunciation: naw-khash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5172
Meanings
1. practise divination (Genesis 44:5; Genesis 44:15; 2 Kings 21:6)
2. observe the signs or omens (Genesis 30:27; 1 Kings 20:33)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 30:27 “Please listen to me,” Laban replied. “I have become wealthy, for the Lord has blessed me because of you.
- Genesis 44:5 Why have you stolen my master’s silver cup, which he uses to predict the future? What a wicked thing you have done!’”
- Genesis 44:15 “What have you done?” Joseph demanded. “Don’t you know that a man like me can predict the future?”
- Leviticus 19:26 “Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood. “Do not practice fortune-telling or witchcraft.
- Deuteronomy 18:10 For example, never sacrifice your son or daughter as a burnt offering. And do not let your people practice fortune-telling, or use sorcery, or interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft,
- 1 Kings 20:33 The men took this as a good sign and quickly picked up on his words. “Yes,” they said, “your brother Ben-hadad!” “Go and get him,” the king of Israel told them. And when Ben-hadad arrived, Ahab invited him up into his chariot.
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).