BDB9353
אָשַׁף (K§ a) noun masculine conjurer, enchanter (probably Babylonian Loan-word; so Biblical Hebrew אַשָּׁף ); — absolute ׳ א Dan 2:10 plural absolute אָֽשְׁפִין Dan 2:27; Dan 5:11, emphatic אָֽשְׁפַיָא Dan 4:4; Dan 5:7; Dan 5:15.
Strong's Lexicon
H826
H826 — אַשָּׁף
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H826 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אַשָּׁף |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | (Aramaic) corresponding to H825 |
| Language: | Aramaic |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | ashshaph |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ash-shawf' |
| Meaning: | 1. astrologer |
| KJV Renderings: | Not listed |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
אשף (ash-shahph’)
Daniel 2:10
- KJV: The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
- EHCC: such things at any magician, or astrologer,
Daniel 4:7
- KJV: Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
- EHCC: (4).came in the magicians, the astrologers,
Daniel 5:7
- KJV: The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.aloud: Chaldee, with mightscarlet: or, purple
- EHCC: cried aloud to bring in the astrologers,