Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7081
קֶסֶם
qesemkeh'-sem
divination
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: qeçem
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7081is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7081
a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle
The King James renders it: (reward of) divination, divine sentence, witchcraft.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
qesem is rendered "divination". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Four of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 22:7The 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.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
The 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.
Numbers 22:7וּקְסָמִ֖ים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- divination4
- and divination2
- divinations2
- and divination of1
- and divinations1
- the divination1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| קֶסֶת | qeseth | pot | Uses3 |
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַקֶּ֣סֶם1
- וְקֶ֤סֶם1
- וְקֶ֣סֶם1
- וְקֶ֖סֶם1
- וּקְסָמִ֖ים1
- קֶ֖סֶם1
- קֶ֙סֶם֙1
- קָ֑סֶם1
- קֶ֤סֶם׀1
- קְסָמִ֔ים1
- קְסָמִ֖ים1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular4HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine plural2HNcmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HTd/Ncmsc
Numbers
two uses
The 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.
- וּקְסָמִ֖יםukesamimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and divinations
For 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!’
- קֶ֖סֶםkesemnoun · masculine singulartagged: divination
Deuteronomy
one use
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
- קְסָמִ֔יםkesamimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: divinations
1 Samuel
one use
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
- קֶ֙סֶם֙kesemnoun · masculine singulartagged: divination
2 Kings
one use
They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
- קְסָמִ֖יםkesamimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: divinations
Proverbs
one use
A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.
- קֶ֤סֶם׀kesemnoun · masculine singulartagged: divination
Jeremiah
one use
“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
- וְקֶ֤סֶםvekesemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and divination
Ezekiel
four uses
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.
- וְקֶ֣סֶםvekesemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and divination of
therefore 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.”
- וְקֶ֖סֶםvekesemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and divination
For 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.
- קָ֑סֶםkasemnoun · masculine singulartagged: divination
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.
- הַקֶּ֣סֶםhakesemthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the divination
The letters
Gematria 200· 760 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.