Word Study · Strong's H7081 · Hebrew
קֶסֶם
qesem
keh'-sem
Strong's 1890 spelling: qeçem
“a lot”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle
Rendered in the KJV as
(reward of) divination, divine sentence, witchcraft.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- הַקֶּ֣סֶם1
- וְקֶ֤סֶם1
- וְקֶ֣סֶם1
- וְקֶ֖סֶם1
- וּקְסָמִ֖ים1
- קֶ֖סֶם1
- קֶ֙סֶם֙1
- קָ֑סֶם1
- קֶ֤סֶם׀1
- קְסָמִ֔ים1
- קְסָמִ֖ים1
How it is rendered · 6
- divination4
- and divination2
- divinations2
- and divination of1
- and divinations1
- the divination1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 4
- HC/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmpa · 2
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HTd/Ncmsc · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezekiel4 of 11 · 36%
- Numbers2 of 11 · 18%
- Deuteronomy1 of 11 · 9%
- 1 Samuel1 of 11 · 9%
- 2 Kings1 of 11 · 9%
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Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 22:7וּקְסָמִ֖יםukesamimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralThe elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.here: and divinations
- Numbers 23:23קֶ֖סֶםkesemnoun · masculine singularFor there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’here: divination
Proverbs1 occurrence
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 13:6וְקֶ֣סֶםvekesemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.here: and divination of
- Ezekiel 13:23וְקֶ֖סֶםvekesemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartherefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”here: and divination
- Ezekiel 21:21קָ֑סֶםkasemnoun · masculine singularFor the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.here: divination
- Ezekiel 21:22הַקֶּ֣סֶםhakesemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.here: the divination