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כָּשַׁף

kashaf · practice sorcery

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3784 · appears 6 times in the Bible

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What it means

kashaf (כָּשַׁף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “practice sorcery”.

A sorcerer. The law of Israel forbids it (Deuteronomy 18:10).

How to say it

ka·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

  1. To use hidden powers and spells to influence people or events; one who does so.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • sorcerers ×3
  • practiced sorcery ×1
  • sorcerer ×1
  • sorceress ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Exodus 7:11

    Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same by their secret arts.

  • Exodus 22:18

    You shall not let a sorceress live.

  • Deuteronomy 18:10

    There shall not be found among you anyone who makes pass his son or his daughter through the fire, anyone who practices divination, a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

  • 2 Chronicles 33:6

    He made his sons pass through the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, read omens, practiced sorcery, and appointed those who call up the dead and spiritists; he multiplied doing evil in the eyes of YHWH, provoking him to anger.

  • 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.

  • Malachi 3:5

    And I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who exploit the wages of the hired worker, the widow and the orphan, and against those who turn aside the right of the resident alien, and do not fear me, says YHWH Tsevaot.