Kesheph כֶּ֫שֶׁף

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Kesheph
כֶּ֫שֶׁף
Transliterationkesheph
Strong's numberH3785
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosssorcery
Occurrences6 in 5 verses
Most frequent inIsaiah (2)

Kesheph (Hebrew כֶּ֫שֶׁף, Strong's H3785) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “sorcery”. It occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

sorcery, witchcraft

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVwitchcrafts (4), sorceries (2)
BSBsorceries (3), witchcraft (1), sorcery (1), her witchcraft (1)

Verses

Every verse with Kesheph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

2 Kings

Isaiah

Micah

Nahum

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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