Deuteronomy 18:10
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
קָסַם
qâçam
properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine
קֶסֶם
qeçem
a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle
English grammatical function word ('observer'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalen...
פַּעַם
paʻam
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
נָחַשׁ
nâchash
properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate
כָּשַׁף
kâshaph
properly, to whisper aspell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('observer'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are r...
Study GRAM →נָחַשׁ nâchash
properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate
Study H5172 →כָּשַׁף kâshaph
properly, to whisper aspell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic
Study H3784 →קָסַם qâçam
properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine
Study H7080 →פַּעַם paʻam
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
Study H6471 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →Cross References
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with w...
Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to t...
Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire ...
And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him t...
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel...
And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my...
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither ...
Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spi...
Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
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