King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3785
Transliteration: kesheph
Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-shef)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: sorcery
Meaning: sorcery
Word Summary
kesheph: sorcery
Original Word: כֶּשֶׁףTransliteration: kesheph
Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-shef)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: sorcery
Meaning: sorcery
Strong's Concordance
sorcery, witchcraft From kashaph; magic -- sorcery, witchcraft.
see HEBREW kashaph
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3785. kesheph
[כֶּ֫שֶׁף] noun masculine2 Kings 9:22 sorcery, only
plural (Assyrian kišpu, id.); — כְּשָׁפִים Micah 5:11; Nahum 3:4; suffix כְּשָׁפַיִךְ Isaiah 47:9, 12; כְּשָׁפֶיהָ Nahum 3:4; 2 Kings 9:22; — sorceries:
1 literal כ ׳וְהִכְרַתִּי מִיָּדֶיךָ Micah 5:11, said of Israel; כ ׳רֹב Isaiah 47:9, 12 "" חֲבָרַיִךְ, said of Babylon.
2 figurative of seductive and corrupting influences: of Jezebel 2 Kings 9:22 "" זְנוּנִים; of Nineveh personified as harlot Nahum 3:4 ("" id.), called כ ׳בַּעֲלַת 3:4 (following זְנוּנֵי זוֺנָהמֵרֹב).