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Deuteronomy 18:11
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Deuteronomy 18:11
11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
11*Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wyzard, or a *Necromancer.
- Leuit. 20.27.
- 1.Sam. 28.7.
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DEFINED WORDS
Deuteronomy 18:11
One that charms, or has power to charm; one that uses or has the power of enchantment.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One who seeks counsel or information.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Well known, well acquainted, intimate, or made easy by frequent use or company.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A person associated with familiar spirits or occult consultation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
necromancer
One who pretends to raise the dead for purposes of incantation.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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From verse 11
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Open the full verse study11Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
12And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
13And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
14And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
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Open the full verse study31¶ Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
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