Strong's Lexicon

H3049

H3049 — יִדְּעוֹנִי

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewyidd`oniynoun mascOccurrences: 11TWOT: 848d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3049
Word:	יִדְּעוֹנִי
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H3045
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	11
Transliteration:	yidd`oniy
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yid-deh-o-nee'
Meaning:	1. (properly) a knowing one 2. specifically, a conjurer 3. (by impl) a ghost
KJV Renderings:	wizard.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3463

יִדְּעֹנִי noun masculine familiar spirit (properly either as knowing, wise (acquainted with secrets of unseen world), Ew vielwisserisch; or as intimate acquaintance of soothsayer, see RS^{JPh xiv. 1885. 127}) — absolute יִדְּעֹנִי Deut 18:11 + 2 t.; plural יִדְּעֹנִים 1Sam 28:3 + 6 t.; הַיִּדְּעֹנִי מִן 1Sam 28:9, read הַיִּדְּעֹנִים מִן (see ᵐ5 Th We Klo Dr); familiar spirit, always || אוֺב , אֹבוֺת 1Sam 28:3; 1Sam 28:9; Isa 8:19; Isa 19:3; 2Kgs 21:6 ( עשׂה אוֺב; || נִחֵשׁ, עוֺנֵן) = 2Chr 33:6; 2Kgs 23:24; Lev 19:31; Lev 20:6; Lev 20:27 (all H ; on last two compare Acts 16:16 and Dr^{Deut 18:11}), Deut 18:11(|| אוֺב + דֹּרֵשׁ אֶלהַֿמֵּתִים).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ידעוני (yid-d’goh-nee’)

Deuteronomy 18:1

KJV: The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.

EHCC: 07 ₪ wizard, or a necromancer.

Deuteronomy 154:28

EHCC: 3.and the wizards, out of the land.

2 Kings 21:6

KJV: And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

EHCC: dealt with familiar spirits and wizards :

2 Kings 23:24

KJV: Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.images: or, teraphim

EHCC: the (workers with) familiar spirits, and

2 Kings 19:3

KJV: And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.blasphemy: or, provocation

EHCC: have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.