King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7080
Transliteration: qasam
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-sam')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to practice divination
Meaning: to distribute, determine by lot, magical scroll, to divine
Word Summary
qasam: to practice divination
Original Word: קָסַםTransliteration: qasam
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-sam')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to practice divination
Meaning: to distribute, determine by lot, magical scroll, to divine
Strong's Concordance
diviner prudent, soothsayer, use divination A primitive root; properly, to distribute, i.e. Determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine -- divine(-r, -ation), prudent, soothsayer, use (divination).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7080. qasam
קָסַם verb denominative practise divination; —
Qal Imperfect, 3 masculine plural יִקְסְמוּ 2 Kings 17:17, יִקְסֹ֑מוּ Micah 3:11; 2feminine singular תִּקְסַמְנָה Ezekiel 13:23; Imperative feminine singular קָסֳמִי 1 Samuel 28:8 Qr (Kt קסומי); Infinitive construct קְסֹם Micah 3:8 (Buhl קֶסֶם), קְסָםֿ Ezekiel 21:26; Ezekiel 21:34 קְסָ֯וםֿ 21:28 (read קֶסֶם Co Buhl), especially Participle קֹסֵם Deuteronomy 18:10; Isaiah 3:2, etc.; —
1 of diviners of the nations, Balaam, Joshua 13:22 (D), Philist 1 Samuel 6:2 ("" כהנים), Babylonian Isaiah 44:25 ("" חכמים) Ezekiel 21:26 compare שׁוא׳ק 21:28 (but read קֶסֶם), + Isaiah 2:6 (insert probably קֹסְמִים, > קֶסֶם, or מִקְסָם; see קֶדֶם 1b); of Can. necromancers בָּאוֺב 1 Samuel 28:8; "" מְעֹנְנִים Deuteronomy 18:14; of Ammonites ׳ק כָּזָכ Ezekiel 21:34 (+ ל person).
2 false prophets of Israel "" חזה Micah 3:6 (? קֶסֶם; "" חזון) 3:7; Isaiah 3:2 (+ נביא; compare 3:3), "" נביאים Jeremiah 27:9; 29:8, בְּכֶסֶף Micah 3:11, "" שׁקר חזה Zechariah 10:2; "" קֶסֶם ׳ק שׁוא ׃חזה Ezekiel 13:23 (but see קֶסֶם), ׳ק כָּזָב 13:9; 22:28,+ 13:6 (read וְקָֽסְמוּ or [Co Berthol] infinitive absolute וְקָסֹם, Vrss. Toy).
3 ׳ק קְסָמִים prohibited Deuteronomy 18:10; 2 Kings 17:17