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קָסַם

qâçam · H7080 · Hebrew · 20 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to practice 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

    Examples

    Deuteronomy 18:10 “There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, a soothsayer, one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

    Deuteronomy 18:14 “For these nations, which you are going to dispossess, listen to soothsayers and diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.

    Joshua 13:22 The sons of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the diviner, with the sword among the rest of their dead.

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

11 occurrences in 7 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

8 occurrences in 3 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 5 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 2 groups

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 4 groups

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 3 words
נָחַשׁ nâchash · H5172 · to divine, to practice divination, to use omens
The target lexeme and נָחַשׁ (in its divination sense) both denote divination practices, functioning as near-synonyms — distinct methods of occult inquiry.
עָנַן ʻânan · H6049 · to practice soothsaying, to practice divination, to tell fortunes
Both words denote acts of divination or soothsaying, referring to overlapping forbidden practices.
כָּשַׁף kâshaph · H3784 · to practice sorcery, sorcerer: sorceress
כָּשַׁף (‘witch, sorcerer’) and the target lexeme (‘diviner, soothsayer’) both denote prohibited divination or sorcery practices, functioning as near-synonyms describing overlapping but distinct magical practices condemned in the Hebrew Bible.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Divination002003003009
The word means to practice divination, directly illustrated by the prohibition against anyone who uses divination or is a soothsayer among the people (Deuteronomy 18:10, 14), Balaam called "the diviner" (Joshua 13:22), and Saul consulting the medium at En-dor (1 Samuel 28:8).
Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

קָסַםqâçam · H7080קֶסֶם qeçem · H7081 · divination, lot · 11×מִקְסָם miqçâm · H4738 · divination · 2×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7080. qasam קָסַם verb denominative practise divination; — Qal Imperfect, 3 masculine…
H7080. qasam
קָסַם verb denominative practise divination; —
Qal Imperfect, 3 masculine plural יִקְסְמוּ 2Ki 17:17, יִקְסֹ֑מוּ Mic 3:11; Mic 3:2feminine singular תִּקְסַמְנָה Eze 13:23; Imperative feminine singular קָסֳמִי 1Sa 28:8 Qr (Kt קסומי); Infinitive construct קְסֹם Mic 3:8 (Buhl קֶסֶם), קְסָםֿ Eze 21:26; Ezekiel 21:34 קְסָ֯וםֿ Eze 21:28 (read קֶסֶם Co Buhl), especially Participle קֹסֵם Deu 18:10; Isa 3:2, etc.; —
1 of diviners of the nations, Balaam, Jos 13:22 (D), Philist 1Sa 6:2 (|| כהנים), Babylonian Isa 44:25 (|| חכמים) Eze 21:26 compare שׁוא׳ק Eze 21:28 (but read קֶסֶם), + Isa 2:6 (insert probably קֹסְמִים, > קֶסֶם, or מִקְסָם; see קֶדֶם 1b); of Can. necromancers בָּאוֺב 1Sa 28:8; || מְעֹנְנִים Deu 18:14; of Ammonites ׳ק כָּזָכ Ezekiel 21:34 (+ ל person).
2 false prophets of Israel || חזה Mic 3:6 (? קֶסֶם; || חזון) Mic 3:7; Isa 3:2 (+ נביא; compare Isa 3:3), || נביאים Jer 27:9; Jer 29:8, בְּכֶסֶף Mic 3:11, || שׁקר חזה Zec 10:2; || קֶסֶם ׳ק שׁוא ׃חזה Eze 13:23 (but see קֶסֶם), ׳ק כָּזָב Eze 13:9; Eze 22:28,+ Eze 13:6 (read וְקָֽסְמוּ or [Co Berthol] infinitive absolute וְקָסֹם, Vrss. Toy).
3 ׳ק קְסָמִים prohibited Deu 18:10; 2Ki 17:17

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Divination20 occurrences

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

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