Lexical Definition

‎כָּשַׁף‎ kâshaph (kaw-shaf') to practice sorcery ^H:V
a primitive root

sorcerer, (use) witch(-craft).

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

1) (Piel) to practice witchcraft or sorcery, use witchcraft
1a) sorcerer, sorceress (participle)

See Greek: φάρμακος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כִּשֵּׁף‎ verb Pi`el denominative practice sorcery (Assyrian kašâpu, id.); — Perfect 3 masculine singular: ‎וְעוֺנֵן וְנִחֵשׁ וְכִשֵּׁף‎ ‎וְעָשָׂה אוֺב וְיִדְּעוֺנִ֑י‎ 2Chr 33:6 (of Manasseh); elsewhere only Participle as substantive masculine singular sorcerer, in Israel, ‎מְכַשֵּׁף‎ Deut 18:10 (following ‎קֹסֵם קְסָמִים מְעוֺנֵן וּמְנַחֵשׁ‎); feminine singular ‎מְכַשֵּׁפָה‎ = sorceress Exod 22:17* (E); masculine plural ‎מְכַשְּׁפִים‎ Mal 3:5 (named with adulterers and falseswearers); of diviners, or astrologers in Egypt (‎חַרְטֻמִּים‎ q. v.) Exod 7:11 (P; || ‎חֲכָמִים‎); in Babylon Dan 2:2 (+ ‎חַרְטֻמִּים‎, ‎אַשָּׁפִים‎, ‎כַּשְׂדִּים‎).

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