Lexical Definition

‎כֶּשֶׁף‎ kesheph (keh'-shef) sorcery ^H:N-M
from ‎כָּשַׁף‎

sorcery, witchcraft.

• magic

1) sorcery, witchcraft

See Greek: φαρμακεία · φαρμακεύς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎כֶּ֫שֶׁף‎] noun masculine^{2Kgs 9:22} sorcery, only plural (Assyrian kišpu, id.); — ‎כְּשָׁפִים‎ Mic 5:11*; Nah 3:4 suffix ‎כְּשָׁפַיִךְ‎ Isa 47:9; Isa 47:12 ‎כְּשָׁפֶיהָ‎ Nah 3:4; 2Kgs 9:22 — sorceries:

1. literal ‎מִיָּדֶיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎וְהִכְרַתִּי כ‎ Mic 5:11*, said of Israel; ‎׳‎‎רֹב כ‎ Isa 47:9; Isa 47:12 || ‎חֲבָרַיִךְ‎, said of Babylon.

2. figurative of seductive and corrupting influences: of Jezebel 2Kgs 9:22 || ‎זְנוּנִים‎; of Nineveh personified as harlot Nah 3:4 (|| id.), called ‎׳‎‎בַּעֲלַת כ‎ vNah 3:4 (following ‎זוֺנָהמֵרֹב זְנוּנֵי‎).

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