כֶּשֶׁף
keshef · sorceries
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3785 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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keshef (כֶּשֶׁף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “sorceries”.
Sorcery, the practice of magic to obtain something by hidden means. It appears in the plural: "sorceries." The Law forbids it (Deuteronomy 18:10 uses the verb of the same root). In 2 Kings 9:22 it is said of Jezebel.
How to say it
ke·shef
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
- Magic practices.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 9:22
And it happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, “Is there peace, Jehu?” He said, “What peace, as long as the prostitutions of Jezebel your mother and her many sorceries go on?”
- Isaiah 47:9
And these two things will come to you in a moment, in one day: loss of children and widowhood; in their fullness they will come upon you, in spite of the great number of your sorceries, in spite of the great power of your spells.
- Isaiah 47:12
Stand now with your spells and with the great number of your sorceries, in which you have worn yourself out from your youth; perhaps you will be able to profit, perhaps you will cause terror.
- Micah 5:12
And I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and there will not be for you fortune-tellers.
- Nahum 3:4
because of the multitude of the prostitutions of the prostitute, beautiful in grace, mistress of sorceries, who sells nations by her prostitutions and families by her sorceries.
And 1 more times.