◄ H826 ►
אשּׁף
Transliteration
'ashshaph (Aramaic);
Pronunciation
ash-shawf'
Parts of Speech
n m
Root Word (Etymology)
corresponding to 825
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: 2615
KJV Translation Count — 6x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: astrologer (6)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. conjurer, enchanter, (CLBL) necromancer
Strong's Definitions
'ashshaph, ash-shawf'; (Aramaic) corresponding to 825: — astrologer.
Concordance Results Using 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 H826, or Chaldean.
Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the H826s, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
Then came in the magicians, the H826s, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
The king cried aloud to bring in the H826s, 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.
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, H826s, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
And now the wise men, the H826s, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing: