* maketh.
12:31 Le 18:21-30 20:2-5 2Ki 16:3 17:17 21:6 2Ch 28:3
Ps 106:37,38 Jer 19:4-6 32:35
* that useth divination.
The precise import of the terms here used to express these
unhallowed practices cannot be clearly ascertained: he that
useth divination, {kosaim, kesamim,} seems a general term for
the various species after specified; observer of times,
{meonain,} one who pretends to foretell by the clouds,
planets, etc.; enchanter {menachesh,} a diviner, either by
means of serpents, or by inspecting the entrails of beasts,
the flight of birds, etc.; a witch, {mecashsheph,} one who
used magical fumigations, etc.; a charmer, {chover chaver,}
one who uses spells, or a peculiar conjunction of words, or
tying knots, etc.; a consulter with familiar spirits, {shoel
ov,} a pythoness; a wizard, {yidoni,} a cunning man;
necromancer, {doresh el hammaithim} one who seeks enquiries of
the dead.
Ex 22:18 Le 19:26,31 20:26,27 1Sa 28:3,7,9 1Ch 10:13 2Ch 33:6
Isa 8:19,20 47:13 Ac 19:19 Ga 5:20
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