Ashshaph אָשַׁף

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Ashshaph
אָשַׁף
Transliterationashshaph
Strong's numberH826
LanguageAramaic
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossenchanter
Occurrences6 in 6 verses

Ashshaph (Aramaic אָשַׁף, Strong's H826) is an Aramaic masculine noun meaning “enchanter”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

conjurer, enchanter, (CLBL) necromancer
Aramaic of ash.shaph (אַשָּׁף "enchanter" H0825)

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

Translated as

KJVastrologers (5), astrologer (1)
BSBenchanters (4), enchanter (2)

Verses

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

Daniel

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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