Lexical Definition

‎אַשָּׁף‎ ʼashshâph (ash-shawf') enchanter ^H:N-M
from an unused root (probably meaning to lisp, i.e. practice enchantment)

astrologer.

• a conjurer

1) necromancer, conjurer,
2) (TWOT) astrologer, enchanter, exorcist

See Greek: μάγος · φιλόσοφος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ash.shaph (‎א‎ָ‎ש‎ַׁ‎ף‎ "enchanter" אַשָּׁף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אַשָּׁף‎] noun masculine conjurer, necromancer (probably Babylonian loan-word, Assyrian ašipu COT^Gloss compare Dl^{Pr 141}, Aramaic ‎אָשַׁף‎, ; see also Assyrian šiptu, conjuration) only plural ‎אַשָּׁפִים‎ Dan 1:20 (|| ‎חַרְטֻמִּים‎), Dan 2:2 (|| ‎׳‎‎ח‎, ‎מְבַשְּׁפִים‎, ‎כַּשְׂדִּים‎).

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