Lexical 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). |
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