Word Study · Strong's H2749 · 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.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- חַרְטֹּ֖ם1
- חַרְטֻמַיָּא֙1
- חַרְטֻמַיָּא֒1
- חַרְטֻמִּין֙1
- חַרְטֻמִּ֣ין1
How it is rendered · 4
- magicians the2
- [the] magicians1
- magician1
- magicians1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine plural2
- noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)2
- noun · masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- ANcmpa · 2
- ANcmpd/Ta · 2
- ANcbsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Daniel5 occurrences
- Daniel 2:10חַרְטֹּ֖םcharttomnoun · masculine or feminine singularThe astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.here: magician
- Daniel 2:27חַרְטֻמִּין֙chartuminnoun · masculine pluralDaniel answered the king, “No wise man, enchanter, medium, or magician can explain to the king the mystery of which he inquires.here: magicians
- Daniel 4:7חַרְטֻמַיָּא֙chartumaiya'noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.here: magicians the
- Daniel 4:9חַרְטֻמַיָּא֒chartumaiya'noun · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)“O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery baffles you. So explain to me the visions I saw in my dream, and their interpretation.here: magicians the
- Daniel 5:11חַרְטֻמִּ֣יןchartuminnoun · masculine pluralThere is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,here: [the] magicians
Same headword in Strong's