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Topic:
Enchantments
With respect to the word "enchantments" the following
definitions would apply.
(1.) The rendering of Hebrew latim or lehatim , which means
"something covered," "muffled up;" secret arts,
tricks (Ex. 7:11, 22; 8:7, 18), by which the Egyptian magicians imposed
on the credulity of Pharaoh.
(2.) The rendering of the Hebrew keshaphim , "muttered spells"
or "incantations," rendered "sorceries" in Isa.
47:9, 12, i.e., the using of certain formulae under the belief that men
could thus be bound.
(3.) Hebrew lehashim , "charming," as of serpents (Jer. 8:17;
comp. Ps. 58:5).
(4.) Hebrew nehashim , the enchantments or omens used by Balaam (Num.
24:1); his endeavouring to gain omens favourable to his design.
(5.) Hebrew heber (Isa. 47:9, 12), "magical spells." All kinds
of enchantments were condemned by the Mosaic law (Lev. 19:26; Deut.
18:10-12).
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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