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Charmer

One who practises serpent-charming (Ps. 58:5; This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H0328, H3907
Hebrew
אַט · ʼaṭ

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

אַט

H0328
Transliteration
ʼaṭ
Pronunciation
at
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
6

Glosses

charmer, gently, secret, softly.

Lexicon definition

(as a noun) a necromancer (from their soft incantations), (as an adverb) gently

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

לָחַשׁ

H3907
Transliteration
lâchash
Pronunciation
law-khash'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

charmer, whisper (together).

Lexicon definition

to whisper

by implication, to mumble aspell (as a magician)

Greek lexical coverage

No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Charmer

One who practises serpent-charming (Ps. 58:5; Jer. 8:17; Eccl. 10:11). It was an early and universal opinion that the most venomous reptiles could be made harmless by certain charms or by sweet sounds. It is well known that there are jugglers in India and in other Eastern lands who practise this art at the present day. In Isa. 19:3 the word "charmers" is the rendering of the Hebrew 'ittim, meaning, properly, necromancers (R.V. marg., "whisperers"). In Deut. 18:11 the word "charmer" means a dealer in spells, especially one who, by binding certain knots, was supposed thereby to bind a curse or a blessing on its object. In Isa. 3:3 the words "eloquent orator" should be, as in the Revised Version, "skilful enchanter."

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Charmer

Indexed occurrences: 2

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All Scripture references2 references

Psalms 1

Psalms 58:5

Ecclesiastes 1

Ecclesiastes 10:11

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Charmer

One who practises serpent-charming (Ps. 58:5; Jer. 8:17; Eccl. 10:11). It was an early and universal opinion that the most venomous reptiles could be made harmless by certain charms or by sweet sounds. It is well known that there are jugglers in India and in other Eastern lands who practise this art at the present day. In Isa. 19:3 the word "charmers" is the rendering of the Hebrew 'ittim, meaning, properly, necromancers (R.V. marg., "whisperers"). In Deut. 18:11 the word "charmer" means a dealer in spells, especially one who, by binding certain knots, was supposed thereby to bind a curse or a blessing on its object. In Isa. 3:3 the words "eloquent orator" should be, as in the Revised Version, "skilful enchanter."

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