The meaning of Enchantments in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

  • The rendering of Hebrew latim_ or _lehatim , which means "something covered," "muffled up;" secret arts, tricks (Exodus 7:11,22; 8:7,18), by which the Egyptian magicians imposed on the credulity of Pharaoh.

  • The rendering of the Hebrew keshaphim , "muttered spells" or "incantations," rendered "sorceries" in Isaiah 47:9,12, i.e., the using of certain formulae under the belief that men could thus be bound.

  • Hebrew lehashim , "charming," as of serpents (Jeremiah 8:17; Compare Psalms 58:5).

  • Hebrew nehashim , the enchantments or omens used by Balaam (Numbers 24:1); his endeavouring to gain omens favourable to his design.

  • Hebrew heber (Isaiah 47:9,12), "magical spells." All kinds of enchantments were condemned by the Mosaic law (Leviticus 19:26; Deuteronomy 18:10-12). (See DIVINATION .)


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