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Hebrew · Strong's H3784

כָּשַׁף

kashaphkaw-shaf'

properly, to whisper aspell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic

1890 spelling: kâshaph

Gematria 400· 1,120 mispar gadol

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

properly, to whisper aspell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic

Rendered in the KJV as

sorcerer, (use) witch(-craft).

  • 6
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 5 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 6
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 6 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 6

  • בַּֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙1
  • וְֽכִשֵּׁ֔ף1
  • וְלַֽמְכַשְּׁפִ֑ים1
  • וְלַֽמְכַשְּׁפִים֙1
  • וּמְכַשֵּֽׁף׃1
  • מְכַשֵּׁפָ֖ה1

How it is rendered · 5

  • and to the sorcerers2
  • a sorceress1
  • and a sorcerer1
  • and he practiced sorcery1
  • on the sorcerers1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 5

  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural2
  • Hc/Vpq3ms1
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
  • preposition with the article + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
  • verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HC/Rd/Vprmpa · 2
  • Hc/Vpq3ms · 1
  • HC/Vprmsa · 1
  • HRd/Vprmpa · 1
  • HVprfsa · 1

All 6, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Exodus2 occurrences
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Daniel1 occurrence
Malachi1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).