Strong's #5172: nachash (pronounced naw-khash')
a primitive root; properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate:--X certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) X enchantment, learn by experience, X indeed, diligently observe.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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nâchash
1) to practice divination, divine, observe signs, learn by experience, diligently observe, practice fortunetelling, take as an omen
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to practice divination
1a2) to observe the signs or omens
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 11 times:
Genesis 30:27: "I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake."
Genesis 44:5: "it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so"
Genesis 44:5: "it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so"
Genesis 44:15: "that such a man as I can certainly divine?"
Genesis 44:15: "that such a man as I can certainly divine?"
Leviticus 19:26: "any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times."
Deuteronomy 18:10: "or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,"
1 Kings 20:33: "Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad."
2 Kings 17:17: "the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight"
2 Kings 21:6: "pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought"
2 Chronicles 33:6: "of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards:"