H5173: נַחַשׁ
nachash · pronounced nakh'-ash · “divination”
Definition
an incantation or augury
KJV translates it as: enchantment.
Word origin: from H5172 (נָחַשׁ);
Extended definition
divination, enchantment
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5173 is translated
- enchantment ×1
- omens ×1
Bible verses with H5173 (nachash)
Nachash appears in 2 verses.
- Numbers 23:23
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
- Numbers 24:1
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.