Word Study · Strong's H2748 · Hebrew
חַרְטֹם
chartom
khar-tome'
Strong's 1890 spelling: charṭôm
“a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)
Rendered in the KJV as
magician.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- חַרְטֻמֵּ֥י3
- הַֽחַרְטֻמִּים֙2
- בַּֽחֲרְטֻמִּ֖ם1
- הַֽחֲרְטֻמִּ֖ים1
- הַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֔ים1
- הַחַרְטֻמִּ֧ים1
- הַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֗ים1
- לַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֜ים1
How it is rendered · 7
- the magicians4
- [the] magicians of2
- [the] diviner priests of1
- on the magicians1
- the diviner priests1
- the soothsayer-priests1
- to the soothsayer-priests1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural6
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmpa · 6
- HNcmpc · 3
- HRd/Ncmpa · 2
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 41:8חַרְטֻמֵּ֥יchartumeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.here: [the] diviner priests of
- Genesis 41:24הַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֔יםhachartumimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”here: the diviner priests
Exodus7 occurrences
- Exodus 7:11חַרְטֻמֵּ֥יchartumeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.here: [the] magicians of
- Exodus 7:22חַרְטֻמֵּ֥יchartumeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.here: [the] magicians of
- Exodus 8:7הַֽחֲרְטֻמִּ֖יםhachartumimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralBut the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.here: the magicians
- Exodus 8:18הַחַרְטֻמִּ֧יםhachartumimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.here: the magicians
- Exodus 8:19הַֽחַרְטֻמִּים֙hachartumimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.here: the magicians
- Exodus 9:11הַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֗יםhachartumimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.here: the magicians
- Exodus 9:11בַּֽחֲרְטֻמִּ֖םbachartumimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralThe magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.here: on the magicians
Daniel2 occurrences
- Daniel 1:20הַֽחַרְטֻמִּים֙hachartumimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralIn every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.here: the soothsayer-priests
- Daniel 2:2לַֽחַרְטֻמִּ֜יםlachartumimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralSo the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,here: to the soothsayer-priests
Same headword in Strong's