Chever חֶ֫בֶר
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| חֶ֫בֶר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chever |
| Strong's number | H2267 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | spell |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Chever (Hebrew חֶ֫בֶר, Strong's H2267) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “spell”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) association, company, band
2) shared, association, society
3) a magician, charmer, spell
2) shared, association, society
3) a magician, charmer, spell
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | wide (2), enchantments (2), company (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | than to share (2), your spells (2), band (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Chever, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 18:11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
Psalms
- Psalm 58:5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 47:9But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
- Isaiah 47:12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).