* maketh.
# 12:31; Le 18:21-30; 20:2-5; 2Ki 16:3; 17:17; 21:6; 2Ch 28:3|
# Ps 106:37,38; Jer 19:4-6; 32:35|
* that useth divination.
The precise import of the terms here used to express these
unhallowed practices cannot be clearly ascertained: he that
useth divination, {kosaim, kesamim,} seems a general term for
the various species after specified; observer of times,
{meonain,} one who pretends to foretell by the clouds,
planets, etc.; enchanter {menachesh,} a diviner, either by
means of serpents, or by inspecting the entrails of beasts,
the flight of birds, etc.; a witch, {mecashsheph,} one who
used magical fumigations, etc.; a charmer, {chover chaver,}
one who uses spells, or a peculiar conjunction of words, or
tying knots, etc.; a consulter with familiar spirits, {shoel
ov,} a pythoness; a wizard, {yidoni,} a cunning man;
necromancer, {doresh el hammaithim} one who seeks enquiries of
the dead.
# Ex 22:18; Le 19:26,31; 20:26,27; 1Sa 28:3,7,9; 1Ch 10:13; 2Ch 33:6|
# Isa 8:19,20; 47:13; Ac 19:19; Ga 5:20|
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