1 Samuel 15:23
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
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Witchcraft
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Galatians 5:20
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
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φαρμακεία
pharmakeía · far-mak-i'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--sorcery, witchcraft.
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Strong's first: Galatians 5:20Strong's last: Galatians 5:20
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kâshaph · kaw-shaf'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to whisper a spell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic
Strong's KJV usage: sorcerer, (use) witch(-craft).
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Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 33:6Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 33:6
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qeçem · keh'-sem
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle
Strong's KJV usage: (reward of) divination, divine sentence, witchcraft.
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Strong's first: 1 Samuel 15:23Strong's last: 1 Samuel 15:23
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H7081
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
H3784
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
G5331
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
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witchcraft
WITCHCRAFT, [witch and craft.]
1. The practices of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with the devil.
2. Power more than natural.
He hath a witchcraft over the king ins tongue.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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