מִקְסָם
miksam · divination
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4738 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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miksam (מִקְסָם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “divination”.
An omen.
How to say it
mik·sam
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
- Trying to learn the future by signs or lots.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ezekiel 12:24
For there will no longer be any empty vision or flattering divination in the midst of the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 13:7
Have you not seen an empty vision, and spoken a lying divination, when you say, “Declares YHWH,” though I have not spoken?