Bible Dictionary: Omens

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

OMENS

Strong's Hebrew

5172. nachash -- to practice divination, observe signs
... observe signs NASB Word Usage divination (1), divined (1), enchantments (1), indeed
practice divination (1), indeed uses (1), interprets omens (1), practice ...
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226. oth -- a sign
... Word Origin from avah Definition a sign NASB Word Usage banners (1), omens (1),
pledge (1), sign (43), signs (30), standards (1), witness (1), wondrous (1). ...
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5173. nachash -- divination, enchantment
... Definition: omen. Word Origin from nachash Definition divination, enchantment
NASB Word Usage omen (1), omens (1). enchantment. From ...
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Library

And all These Omens are of Force Just So Far as Has Been Arranged. ...
... Book 2 Chapter 37. And all these omens are of force just so far as has
been arranged� 37. And all these omens are of force just ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 37 and all these.htm

Whether Divination by Auguries, Omens, and by Like Observations of ...
... OF SUPERSTITION IN DIVINATIONS (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether divination by auguries,
omens, and by like observations of external things is unlawful? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether divination by auguries omens.htm

Of the Devastation of the World, and Its Prophetic Omens.
... CHAP. XVI."OF THE DEVASTATION of the World, and Its Prophetic Omens. But, test any
one should think this incredible, I will show how it will come to pass. ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xvi of the devastation of.htm

The Intercourse and Agreement with Demons which Superstitious ...
... And all these omens are of force just so far as has been arranged with the devils
by that previous understanding in the mind which is, as it were, the common ...
/.../chapter 24 the intercourse and agreement.htm

The Cruelty of the Sacrifices to the Gods.
... Messenian slew three hundred human beings in honour of Ithometan Zeus, thinking
that hecatombs of such a number and quality would give good omens; among whom ...
/.../clement/exhortation to the heathen/chapter iii the cruelty of the.htm

Popular Science, Like that of Mr. ...
... twitch or the vice. In short, we deal with heredity as we deal with omens,
affinities and the fulfillment of dreams. The things do ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 29 popular science like.htm

Why we Repudiate Arts of Divination.
... As, then, from the stars which God created and ordained, men have drawn lying omens
of their own fancy, so also from things that are born, or in any other way ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 23 why we repudiate arts.htm

All Arts of this Sort, Therefore, are Either Nullities...
... As, then, from the stars which God created and ordained, men have drawn lying omens
of their own fancy, so also from things that are born, or in any other way ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 36 all arts of.htm

Therefore, when You Urge against us that we Turn Away from the ...
... Do you know what military, urban, and common [3870] comitia are? Do you watch the
sky, or put an end to public business because evil omens are announced? ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/67 therefore when you urge.htm

But You Err, Says My Opponent, and Fall into Mistakes...
... Because, says my opponent, to the gods above, and those who have power to give
favourable omens, [4857] the cheerful colour is acceptable and propitious from ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/19 but you err says.htm

Thesaurus

Omens (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia OMENS. o'-menz. See AUGURY; DIVINATION.
Multi-Version Concordance Omens (3 Occurrences). Numbers ...
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Augury (5 Occurrences)
... auspex (= avi spex). But both words came to be applied to all forms of divining
from omens. II. Augury among the Romans. The Roman ...
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Augur (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To predict; to prognosticate; to foreshow;
to conjecture from signs or omens; 2. (n.) An official ...
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Omen (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions
regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise. ...
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Astrology
... The Astrologers, or Dividers of the Heavens 5. The Stargazers, or See rs of the
Constellations 6. The Monthly Prognosticators, or Men Who Knew the Omens of the ...
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Enchantments (12 Occurrences)
... Psalm 58:5). (4.) Hebrew nehashim, the enchantments or omens used by Balaam (Numbers
24:1); his endeavouring to gain omens favourable to his design. ...
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Divination (25 Occurrences)
... divination. Artificial divination depends on the skill of the agent in reading
and in interpreting certain signs called omens. See AUGURY. ...
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Omer (5 Occurrences)

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Greece (15 Occurrences)
... REVELATION: INSPIRATION 1. Omens 2. Divination by Sacrifice 3. Dreams 4. Oracles
III. ... 1. Omens: The simplest class of signs were those that occurred in Nature. ...
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Ancient (64 Occurrences)
... REVELATION: INSPIRATION 1. Omens 2. Divination by Sacrifice 3. Dreams 4. Oracles
III. ... 1. Omens: The simplest class of signs were those that occurred in Nature. ...
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Bible Concordance

Omens (3 Occurrences)

Numbers 24:1 When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he didn't go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
(See NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 18:10 There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
(See NAS NIV)

Isaiah 44:25 Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:
(See NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Omens

Related Terms

Augury (5 Occurrences)

Augur (1 Occurrence)

Omen (6 Occurrences)

Astrology

Enchantments (12 Occurrences)

Divination (25 Occurrences)

Omer (5 Occurrences)

Greece (15 Occurrences)

Ancient (64 Occurrences)