אַשָּׁף
ashaf · enchanter
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H825 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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ashaf (אַשָּׁף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “enchanter”.
One who uses spells and words of conjuring.
How to say it
a·shaf
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- One who utters spells to work magic.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
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Where it appears
- Daniel 1:20
And in every matter of wisdom and understanding that the king asked of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and the enchanters who were in all his kingdom.
- Daniel 2:2
And the king said to call the magicians and the enchanters and the sorcerers and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams; and they came and stood before the king.