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soothsaying

Meaning of “soothsaying”

The practice of divination or claiming to foretell events.

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First occurrence: Acts 16:16

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The KJV occurrence

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Acts 16:16
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¶ And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 16:16 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe, as we went to prayer, a certaine Damosell possessed with a spirit of diuination, met vs: which brought her masters much gaine by soothsaying.

1611 marginal noteOr, of Pythom,

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

Acts 16:16

The damsel has a spirit of divination and brings her masters gain by soothsaying, directly classing the practice as divination.