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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 940. βασκαίνω (baskainó) -- To bewitch, to cast an evil eye</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/940.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/colossians/2-11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/940.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 940</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/939.htm" title="939">◄</a> 940. baskainó <a href="../greek/941.htm" title="941">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">baskainó: To bewitch, to cast an evil eye</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">βασκαίνω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>baskainó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>bas-kah'-ee-no<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(bas-kah'-ee-no)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To bewitch, to cast an evil eye<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I give the evil eye to, fascinate, bewitch, overpower.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from a root word of uncertain origin, possibly related to the concept of casting an evil eye or bewitching.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "baskainó," the concept of deception or leading astray can be related to Hebrew words such as נָשָׁא (nasha, Strong's H5377), meaning "to deceive" or "to lead astray."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "baskainó" is used metaphorically to describe the act of leading someone astray through deception or false influence. It conveys the idea of bewitching or enchanting someone in a way that causes them to deviate from the truth.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, the concept of the "evil eye" was prevalent. It was believed that certain individuals could cause harm or misfortune to others through a malevolent gaze or influence. This belief was widespread in the Mediterranean world and often associated with envy or jealousy. In the context of the New Testament, the term is used to describe spiritual deception rather than literal witchcraft.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>940</b> <i>baskaínō</i> (from <i>baskanos</i>, "to cast an evil spell, wishing injury upon someone; to bewitch") – properly, to exercise evil power over someone, like putting them under a spell; (used only in Gal 3:1); (figuratively) <i>captivate</i> ("be spellbinding"), appealing to someone's <i>vanity and selfishness</i>; "<i>to blight by the evil eye, bewitch</i>" (<i>Abbott-Smith</i>). </p><p class="discovery">[In classical Greek, Aristotle used <a href="/greek/940.htm">940</a> (<i>baskaínō</i>) for "bewitching through the use of an evil power." That is, putting someone under a spell so they no longer could think (act) according to reason. <a href="/greek/940.htm">940</a> (<i>baskaínō</i>) is also associated with <i>envy</i> (so Josephus V:425; Demosthenes 20,24; Theocr. 5,13, <i>ala Abbott-Smith</i>).]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from baskanos (slanderous)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to slander, hence by ext. to bewitch<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>bewitched (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 940: βασκαίνω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">βασκαίνω</span></span>: 1 aorist <span class="greek2">ἐβασκανα</span>, on which form cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, (75 (72)); 83 (80); (<span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 41 (35); <span class="abbreviation">Lob. ad Phryn.</span>, p. 25f; Paralip., p. 21f); (<span class="greek2">βάζω</span>, <span class="greek2">βάσκω</span> (<span class="greek2">φάσκω</span>) to speak, talk); <span class="greek2">τινα</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 223 (209)); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">to speak ill of one, to slander, traduce him</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Demosthenes</span> 8, 19 (94, 19); <span class="abbreviation">Aelian</span> v. h. 2, 13, etc.). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">to bring evil on one by feigned praise or an evil eye, to charm, bewitch</span> one (<span class="abbreviation">Aristotle</span>, probl. 20, 34 (p. 926{b}, 24); <span class="abbreviation">Theocritus</span>, 6, 39; <span class="abbreviation">Aelian</span> nat. an. 1, 35); hence, of those who lead away others into error by wicked arts (<span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span> 4, 6): <a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-1.htm">Galatians 3:1</a>. Cf. Schott (or <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span>) at the passage; <span class="abbreviation">Lob. ad Phryn.</span>, p. 462.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>bewitch. <p>Akin to <a href="/greek/5335.htm">phasko</a>; to malign, i.e. (by extension) to fascinate (by false representations) -- bewitch. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5335.htm">phasko</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>βασκανεί βάσκανος βασκάνω βάσταγμα βαστάγματα εβασκανεν ἐβάσκανεν ebaskanen ebáskanen<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/galatians/3-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Galatians 3:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-AIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τίς ὑμᾶς <b>ἐβάσκανεν</b> οἷς κατ'</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/galatians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> who <span class="itali">has bewitched</span> you, before<br><a href="/kjvs/galatians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> who <span class="itali">hath bewitched</span> you,<br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> who you <span class="itali">bewitched</span> whose before<p><b><a href="/greek/940.htm">Strong's Greek 940</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_940.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ebaskanen_940.htm">ἐβάσκανεν — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/939.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="939"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="939" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/941.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="941"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="941" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>