H825: אַשָּׁף
ʼashshâph · pronounced ash-shawf' · “enchanter”
Definition
a conjurer
KJV translates it as: astrologer.
Word origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to lisp, i.e. practice enchantment);
Extended definition
1) necromancer, conjurer,
2) (TWOT) astrologer, enchanter, exorcist
Aramaic equivalent: ash.shaph (אָשַׁף "enchanter" H0826)
2) (TWOT) astrologer, enchanter, exorcist
Aramaic equivalent: ash.shaph (אָשַׁף "enchanter" H0826)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H825 is translated
- conjurers ×2
Bible verses with H825 (ʼashshâph)
ʼashshâph appears in 2 verses.
- Daniel 1:20
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
- Daniel 2:2
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.