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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Witchcraft; divination by the assistance of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; enchantment.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SORCERER; SORCERY

See ASTROLOGY, 1; DIVINATION; MAGIC; WITCHCRAFT.

Greek

5331. pharmakeia -- the use of medicine, drugs or spells
... or spells. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pharmakeia Phonetic Spelling:
(far-mak-i'-ah) Short Definition: magic, sorcery, enchantment Definition ...
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3096. mageuo -- to practice magic
... to practice magic. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: mageuo Phonetic Spelling:
(mag-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I practice sorcery or magic Definition: I ...
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3095. mageia -- magic
... Word Origin from mageuo Definition magic NASB Word Usage magic arts (1). sorcery.
From mageuo; "magic" -- sorcery. see GREEK mageuo. (mageiais) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3785. kesheph -- sorcery
... 3784, 3785. kesheph. 3786 . sorcery. Transliteration: kesheph Phonetic Spelling:
(keh'-shef) Short Definition: sorceries. ... sorcery, witchcraft. ...
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3784. kashaph -- to practice sorcery
... 3783, 3784. kashaph. 3785 . to practice sorcery. Transliteration: kashaph
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-shaf') Short Definition: sorcerers. ...
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Library

Of the Sorcery at Carræ which was Detected after his Death. After ...
... Book III. Chapter XXI."Of the sorcery at Carræ which was detected after his death.
After he was slain the jugglery of his sorcery was detected. ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter xxi of the sorcery at.htm

Magic and Sorcery Only Apparent in their Effects God Alone Can ...
... Chapter LVII."Magic and Sorcery Only Apparent in Their Effects God Alone
Can Raise the Dead. It is either a very fine thing to ...
/.../tertullian/a treatise on the soul/chapter lvii magic and sorcery only.htm

In the Next Place, Speaking of those who Employ the Arts of Magic ...
... Chapter XXXIX. In the next place, speaking of those who employ the arts
of magic and sorcery� In the next place, speaking of those ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxxix in the next.htm

Faustus Seeks to Justify the Docetism of the Manichæans. Augustin ...
... 1. Faustus said: If Christ was visible, and suffered without having been
born, this was sorcery. This argument of yours may be turned ...
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Celsus, Indeed, Evinced a Slight Knowledge of Scripture when He ...
... nor a common wood-pigeon [3329] the same as a dove, [3330] so there is no resemblance
between what is done by the power of God and what is the effect of sorcery ...
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Immediately after This, as if Doing his Utmost to Reduce the Human ...
... the latter which manifests their greatness, he declares that "in certain individuals
among the irrational creation there exists the power of sorcery;" so that ...
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Acts xiii. 4, 5
... And then in respect of the proconsul the wonder is, that although prepossessed by
the man's sorcery, he was nevertheless willing to hear the Apostles. ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxviii acts xiii 4.htm

Jesus, Accordingly, in Turning Away the Minds of his Disciples...
... Depart from Me, because ye are workers of iniquity." [3322] But Celsus, wishing
to assimilate the miracles of Jesus to the works of human sorcery, says in ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xlix jesus accordingly in.htm

Addition to Acts of Philip.
... Mariamne to be stripped, saying: Search them. Perhaps you will find their
sorcery. And the executioners stripped them, and laid ...
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Celsus, However, Accepting or Granting that Jesus Foreknew what ...
... Him, might think to make light of the admission, as he did in the case of the miracles,
when he alleged that they were wrought by means of sorcery; for he ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xiv celsus however accepting.htm

Thesaurus

Sorcery (10 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SORCERER; SORCERY. See ASTROLOGY, 1; DIVINATION;
MAGIC; WITCHCRAFT. Multi-Version Concordance Sorcery (10 Occurrences). ...
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Enchantments (12 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV ASV). Leviticus 19:26 "'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still
in it; neither shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery. (WEB ASV). ...
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Practiced (22 Occurrences)
... Acts 8:9 But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery
in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some ...
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Wizards (10 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 21:6 He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and
used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with ...
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Mediums (10 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 21:6 He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and
used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with ...
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Sorcerer (3 Occurrences)
... The practice of sorcery exposed to severest punishment (Malachi 3:5; Revelation
21:8; 22:15). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ... SORCERER; SORCERY. ...
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Enchantment (4 Occurrences)
... They included enchantment, sorcery, witchcraft, sooth-saying, augury, necromancy,
divination in numberless forms, and all kinds of magic article Nine varieties ...
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Familiar (35 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 21:6 He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and
used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with ...
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Magic (12 Occurrences)
... by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science,
including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation ...
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Wizard (3 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 33:6 He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley
of the son of Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and ...
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Bible Concordance

Sorcery (10 Occurrences)

Acts 8:9 But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NIV)

Acts 19:19 Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted the price of them, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
(See NIV)

Galatians 5:19 Now you know full well the doings of our lower natures. Fornication, impurity, indecency, idol-worship, sorcery;
(WEY)

Revelation 18:23 The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 19:26 "'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it; neither shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.
(WEB NIV)

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 NIV)

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,
(WEB NIV)

Deuteronomy 18:14 For these nations, that you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice sorcery, and to diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do.
(WEB NIV)

2 Kings 17:17 They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.
(See RSV NIV)

2 Kings 21:6 He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Sorcery: Belongs to the Works of the Flesh

Sorcery: Books of, Destroyed

Sorcery: Denounced

Sorcery: Diviners Will be Confounded

Sorcery: Divining by Familiar Spirits (Mediums or Spiritists)

Sorcery: Forbidden

Sorcery: Messages of, False