יִדְּעֹנִי yiddoni

Hebrew word for “spiritist” · Strong’s H3049 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

1) a knower, one who has a familiar spirit; 1a) a familiar spirit, soothsayer, necromancer (meton)

How it is translated

Glosses given for yiddoni in context, with how often each is used:

• soothsayers 7
• soothsayer 3
• familiar spirit 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 20 (2), 1 Samuel 28 (2), Leviticus 19 (1), Deuteronomy 18 (1), 2 Kings 21 (1), 2 Kings 23 (1), 2 Chronicles 33 (1), Isaiah 8 (1), Isaiah 19 (1)

Forms

• הידענים 6
• ידעני 1
• וידעני 1
• הידעני 1
• וידענים 1
• וידעוני 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yiddoni more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אוֹב ov “medium” 11
• מוּת mut “to die” 5
• נָחַשׁ nachash “to divine” 2
• עָנַן anan “to divine” 2
• דָּרַשׁ darash “to seek” 3
• כָּעַס kaas “to provoke” 2
• פָּנָה panah “to turn” 2
• רָבָה ravah “to multiply” 2
• קֶרֶב qerev “entrails” 2
• כָּרַת karat “to cut” 2
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 2
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 2

Key verses

The verses using yiddoni that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 19:31 — Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
• Leviticus 20:6 — And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and…
• Leviticus 20:27 — A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be…
• Deuteronomy 18:11 — Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
• 1 Samuel 28:3 — Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and…
• 1 Samuel 28:9 — And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land:…
• 2 Kings 21:6 — And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness…
• 2 Kings 23:24 — Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and…
• 2 Chronicles 33:6 — 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…
• Isaiah 8:19 — And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their…
• Isaiah 19:3 — And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.