קָסַםqâçam

Meanings

Same root

• מִקְסָםmiqçâm · H4738an augury
• קֶסֶםqeçem · H7081a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle

Where it appears

Appears 20 times in the Bible.

• 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,
• Deuteronomy 18:14 The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but the Lord your God forbids you to do such things.”
• Joshua 13:22 The Israelites had also killed Balaam son of Beor, who used magic to tell the future.
• 1 Samuel 6:2 Then the Philistines called in their priests and diviners and asked them, “What should we do about the Ark of the Lord? Tell us how to return it to its own country.”
• 1 Samuel 28:8 So Saul disguised himself by wearing ordinary clothing instead of his royal robes. Then he went to the woman’s home at night, accompanied by two of his men. “I have to talk to a man who has died,” he said. “Will you call up his spirit for me?”
• 2 Kings 17:17 They even sacrificed their own sons and daughters in the fire. They consulted fortune-tellers and practiced sorcery and sold themselves to evil, arousing the Lord’s anger.