Word Study · Strong's H3785 · Hebrew
כֶּשֶׁף
kesheph
keh'-shef
“magic”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
magic
Rendered in the KJV as
sorcery, witchcraft.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- כְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְ2
- בִּכְשָׁפֶֽיהָ׃1
- וּכְשָׁפֶ֖יהָ1
- כְשָׁפִ֖ים1
- כְּשָׁפִ֑ים1
How it is rendered · 4
- sorceries2
- sorceries your2
- and sorceries her1
- by sorceries her1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · masculine plural2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp2fs · 2
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3fs · 1
- HR/Ncmpc/Sp3fs · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 47:9כְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְkeshafayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThese two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.here: sorceries your
- Isaiah 47:12כְּשָׁפַ֔יִךְkeshafayikhnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularSo take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!here: sorceries your
Micah1 occurrence
Nahum2 occurrences
- Nahum 3:4כְּשָׁפִ֑יםkeshafimnoun · masculine pluralbecause of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.here: sorceries
- Nahum 3:4בִּכְשָׁפֶֽיהָ׃bikhshafeihapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularbecause of the many harlotries of the harlot, the seductive mistress of sorcery, who betrays nations by her prostitution and clans by her witchcraft.here: by sorceries her