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divination

Meaning of “divination”

The attempt to discover hidden things or foretell events by forbidden supernatural means.

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First occurrence: Numbers 22:7

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Numbers 22:7
And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 22:7 · retained source text

And the elders of Moab, and the elders of Midian departed, with the rewards of diuination in their hand; and they came vnto Balaam, and spake vnto him the words of Balak.

Numbers 23:23
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 23:23 · retained source text

Surely there is no inchantment against Iacob, neither is there any diuination against Israel: according to this time it shalbe said of Iacob, and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

1611 marginal noteOr, in.

Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 18:10 · retained source text

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his sonne, or his daughter to passe thorow the fire, or that vseth diuination, or an obseruer of times, or an inchanter, or a witch,

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 18.21.

2 Kings 17:17
And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:17 · retained source text

And they caused their sonnes and their daughters to passe through the fire, and vsed diuination, and inchantments, and sold themselues to doe euill in the sight of the LORD, to prouoke him to anger.

Jeremiah 14:14
Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:14 · retained source text

Then the LORD said vnto me, The prophets prophecie lies in my Name, I sent them not, neither haue I commanded them, neither spake vnto them: they prophecie vnto you a false vision and diuination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

1611 marginal noteChap.23.21. and 27.15. and 29.8, 9.

Ezekiel 12:24
For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 12:24 · retained source text

For there shall bee no more any vaine vision, nor flattering diuination, within the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 13:6
They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 13:6 · retained source text

They haue seene vanity, and lying diuination, saying; The LORD saith, and the LORD hath not sent them: and they haue made others to hope, that they would confirme the word.

Ezekiel 13:7
Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 13:7 · retained source text

Haue ye not seene a vaine vision, and haue ye not spoken a lying diuination, whereas yee say, The LORD sayth it, albeit I haue not spoken?

Ezekiel 21:21
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:21 · retained source text

For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two wayes, to vse diuination: he made his arrowes bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liuer.

1611 marginal noteHeb. mother of the way.

1611 marginal noteOr, kniues.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Teraphim.

Ezekiel 21:22
At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:22 · retained source text

At his right hand was the diuination for Ierusalem to appoint captaines, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift vp the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rammes against the gates, to cast a mount and to build a fort.

1611 marginal noteOr, battering rams.

1611 marginal noteHeb. rams.

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