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כֶּשֶׁף H3785
H3785 is the Hebrew word כֶּשֶׁף, transliterated kesheph and said keh'-shef. The King James Version most often renders it witchcrafts.
What it means
magic.
Where it comes from
from H3784 (כָּשַׁף).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 5 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: sorcery, witchcraft.
Verses using כֶּשֶׁף
All 5 verses, quoted in full.
2 Kings 9:22 · KJV
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
Isaiah 47:9 · KJV
But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
Isaiah 47:12 · KJV
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
Micah 5:12 · KJV
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
Nahum 3:4 · KJV
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3785 mean?
H3785 is the Hebrew word כֶּשֶׁף (kesheph), meaning magic.
How is H3785 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it witchcrafts (3 times), sorceries (2 times).
How many times does H3785 appear in the Bible?
כֶּשֶׁף (kesheph) is tagged in 5 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3785 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3784 (כָּשַׁף).
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