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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Sorcerer

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: No

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Sorcerer

From the Latin sortiarius, one who casts lots, or one who tells the lot of others. (See DIVINATION.)

In Daniel 2:2 it is the rendering of the Hebrew mekhashphim, i.e., mutterers, men who professed to have power with evil spirits. The practice of sorcery exposed to severest punishment (Malachi 3:5; Revelation 21:8; 22:15).


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Sorcerer

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Sorcerer

SOR'CERER, [Latin sors, lot.] A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician. The Egyptian sorcerers contended with Moses.