STRONGS NUMBER H7080


Word Summary
qasam: to practice divination
Original Word: קָסַם
Transliteration: qasam
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-sam')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to practice divination
Meaning: to distribute, determine by lot, magical scroll, to divine
Strong's Concordance
diviner prudent, soothsayer, use divination

A primitive root; properly, to distribute, i.e. Determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine -- divine(-r, -ation), prudent, soothsayer, use (divination).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7080. qasam

קָסַםverb denominative practise divination; —

Qal Imperfect, 3 masculine plural יִקְסְמוּ2 Kings 17:17, יִקְסֹ֑מוּMicah 3:11; 2feminine singular תִּקְסַמְנָהEzekiel 13:23; Imperative feminine singular קָסֳמִי1 Samuel 28:8 Qr (Kt קסומי‎); Infinitive construct קְסֹםMicah 3:8 (Buhl קֶסֶם‎), קְסָםֿEzekiel 21:26; Ezekiel 21:34 קְסָ֯וםֿ21:28 (read קֶסֶם‎ Co Buhl), especially Participle קֹסֵםDeuteronomy 18:10; Isaiah 3:2, etc.; —

1 of diviners of the nations, Balaam, Joshua 13:22 (D), Philist 1 Samuel 6:2 ("" כהנים‎), Babylonian Isaiah 44:25 ("" חכמים‎) Ezekiel 21:26 compare שׁוא׳ק21:28 (but read קֶסֶם‎), + Isaiah 2:6 (insert probably קֹסְמִים‎, > קֶסֶם‎, or מִקְסָם‎; see קֶדֶם1b); of Can. necromancers בָּאוֺב1 Samuel 28:8; "" מְעֹנְנִיםDeuteronomy 18:14; of Ammonites ׳ק כָּזָכ‎ Ezekiel 21:34 (+ ל‎ person).

2 false prophets of Israel "" חזהMicah 3:6 (? קֶסֶם‎; "" חזון‎) 3:7; Isaiah 3:2 (+ נביא‎; compare 3:3), "" נביאיםJeremiah 27:9; 29:8, בְּכֶסֶףMicah 3:11, "" שׁקר חזהZechariah 10:2; "" קֶסֶם ׳ק שׁוא ׃חזהEzekiel 13:23 (but see קֶסֶם‎), ׳ק כָּזָב13:9; 22:28,+ 13:6 (read וְקָֽסְמוּ‎ or [Co Berthol] infinitive absolute וְקָסֹם‎, Vrss. Toy).

3 ׳ק קְסָמִים‎ prohibited Deuteronomy 18:10; 2 Kings 17:17