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It is used in the context of engaging in occult practices, which are condemned in the Hebrew Bible. The term implies the use of supernatural powers or magic, often in opposition to the will and commandments of God.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, sorcery and witchcraft were common practices, often associated with attempts to manipulate spiritual forces for personal gain or harm to others. The Israelites were commanded to avoid such practices, as they were seen as a direct challenge to the sovereignty and holiness of God. The practice of sorcery was often linked with idolatry and was considered a serious offense, warranting severe punishment under the Mosaic Law.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>denominative verb from <a href="/hebrew/3785.htm">kesheph</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to practice sorcery<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>practiced sorcery (1), sorcerer (1), sorcerers (3), sorceress (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">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">כִּשֵּׁף</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb Pi`el denominative</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>practice sorcery</b></font> (Assyrian <i><em>kašâpu</em></i>, id.); — <em>Perfect</em>3masculine singular: <font class="hebrew2">וְעוֺנֵן וְנִחֵשׁ וְכִשֵּׁף</font> <font class="hebrew2">וְעָשָׂה אוֺב וְיִדְּעוֺנִ֑י</font>2Chronicles 33:6 (of Manasseh); elsewhere only <em>Participle</em> as substantive masculine singular <em>sorcerer</em>, in Israel, <font class="hebrew2">מְכַשֵּׁף</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10</a> (following <font class="hebrew2">קֹסֵם קְסָמִים מְעוֺנֵן וּמְנַחֵשׁ</font>); feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">מְכַשֵּׁפָה</font> = <em>sorceress</em> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/22-17.htm">Exodus 22:17</a> (E); masculine plural <font class="hebrew2">מְכַשְּׁפִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/malachi/3-5.htm">Malachi 3:5</a> (named with adulterers and falseswearers); of diviners, or astrologers in Egypt (<font class="hebrew2">חַרְטֻמִּים</font> q. v.) <a href="/interlinear/exodus/7-11.htm">Exodus 7:11</a> (P; "" <font class="hebrew2">חֲכָמִים</font>); in Babylon <a href="/interlinear/daniel/2-2.htm">Daniel 2:2</a> (+ <font class="hebrew2">חַרְטֻמִּים</font>, <font class="hebrew2">אַשָּׁפִים</font>, <font class="hebrew2">כַּשְׂדִּים</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>sorcerer, use witchcraft <p>A primitive root; properly, to whisper a spell, i.e. To inchant or practise magic -- sorcerer, (use) witch(-craft). <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בַּֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙ במכשפים וְֽכִשֵּׁ֔ף וְלַֽמְכַשְּׁפִ֑ים וְלַֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙ וּמְכַשֵּֽׁף׃ וכשף ולמכשפים ומכשף׃ מְכַשֵּׁפָ֖ה מכשפה bam·ḵaš·šə·p̄îm bamchashsheFim bamḵaššəp̄îm mə·ḵaš·šê·p̄āh mechashsheFah məḵaššêp̄āh ū·mə·ḵaš·šêp̄ umechashShef ūməḵaššêp̄ vechishShef velamchashsheFim wə·ḵiš·šêp̄ wə·lam·ḵaš·šə·p̄îm wəḵiššêp̄ wəlamḵaššəp̄îm<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/exodus/7-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 7:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">פַּרְעֹ֔ה לַֽחֲכָמִ֖ים <b> וְלַֽמְכַשְּׁפִ֑ים </b> וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֨וּ גַם־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for [the] wise men <span class="itali">and [the] sorcerers,</span> and they also,<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the wise men <span class="itali">and the sorcerers:</span> now the magicians<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/7-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Pharaoh for wise <span class="itali">and sorcerers</span> did also<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/22-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 22:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> מְכַשֵּׁפָ֖ה </b> לֹ֥א תְחַיֶּֽה׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">You shall not allow a sorceress</span> to live.<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Thou shalt not suffer a witch</span> to live.<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/22-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">A sorceress</span> not to live<p><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/18-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 18:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/18.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מְעוֹנֵ֥ן וּמְנַחֵ֖שׁ <b> וּמְכַשֵּֽׁף׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> or one who interprets omens, <span class="itali">or a sorcerer,</span><br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> or an enchanter, <span class="itali">or a witch,</span><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/18-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> practices interprets <span class="itali">A sorcerer</span><p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/33-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 33:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/33.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְעוֹנֵ֤ן וְנִחֵשׁ֙ <b> וְֽכִשֵּׁ֔ף </b> וְעָ֥שָׂה א֖וֹב</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/33.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> used divination, <span class="itali">practiced sorcery</span> and dealt<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/33.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and used enchantments, <span class="itali">and used witchcraft,</span> and dealt<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/33-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> practiced used <span class="itali">practiced</span> and dealt mediums<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/2-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 2:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֜ים וְלָֽאַשָּׁפִ֗ים <b> וְלַֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙ </b> וְלַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים לְהַגִּ֥יד</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the conjurers, <span class="itali">the sorcerers</span> and the Chaldeans<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the astrologers, <span class="itali">and the sorcerers,</span> and the Chaldeans,<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/2-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the magicians the conjurers <span class="itali">the sorcerers</span> and the Chaldeans to tell<p><b><a href="/text/malachi/3-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Malachi 3:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/malachi/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֵ֣ד מְמַהֵ֗ר <b> בַּֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙ </b> וּבַמְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים וּבַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/malachi/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> witness <span class="itali">against the sorcerers</span> and against the adulterers<br><a href="/kjvs/malachi/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> witness <span class="itali">against the sorcerers,</span> and against the adulterers,<br><a href="/interlinear/malachi/3-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> witness swift <span class="itali">the sorcerers</span> the adulterers swear<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3784.htm">6 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3784.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3784<br>6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/bamchashshefim_3784.htm">bam·ḵaš·šə·p̄îm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mechashshefah_3784.htm">mə·ḵaš·šê·p̄āh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/umechashshef_3784.htm">ū·mə·ḵaš·šêp̄ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vechishshef_3784.htm">wə·ḵiš·šêp̄ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/velamchashshefim_3784.htm">wə·lam·ḵaš·šə·p̄îm — 2 Occ.</a><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 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