מִקְסָם
miqçâm · H4738 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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divination
Action by which humans communicate with the spirit world using a variety of means such as inspecting the liver of animals, shaking arrows, consulting teraphim, or casting lots; usually regarded as an evil practice that is to be condemned; responsibility of a prophet or king
ExamplesEzekiel 12:24 “For there will no longer be any false vision or deceptive divination within the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 13:7 “Did you not see a false vision and tell a lying divination when you said, ‘The LORD declares,’ but it is not I who have spoken?”’”
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כָּזָבlie, falsehood 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חָלָקsmooth 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אָמַרto say 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- נַחַשׁ nachash · H5173 · omen, enchantment
- Both words refer to divination and enchantment, practices of supernatural or magical consultation.
- כֶּשֶׁף kesheph · H3785 · sorcery
- Both words denote forbidden occult practices, sorcery or witchcraft on the one hand and divination on the other, and can substitute in many contexts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Divination002003003009
- The word denotes divination, condemned by Ezekiel alongside false visions and lying prophecies falsely attributed to the LORD.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4738. miqsam [מִקְסָם] noun [masculine] divination; construct חָלָק מִקְסַם Eze 12:24…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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