קָסַם qasam

Hebrew word for “to divine” · Strong’s H7080 · used 20 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

1) (Qal) to practice divination, divine; 1a) of diviners of the nations, Balaam; 1b) of false prophets of Israel; 1c) prohibited

How it is translated

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

• diviners 6
• divine 3
• diviner 2
• divining 2
• one who divines 1
• divined 1
• who divine 1
• will divine 1
• divines 1
• when divine 1
• those who divine 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 21 (3), Micah 3 (3), Deuteronomy 18 (2), Ezekiel 13 (2), Joshua 13 (1), 1 Samuel 6 (1), 1 Samuel 28 (1), 2 Kings 17 (1), Isaiah 3 (1), Isaiah 44 (1)

Forms

• וקסמים 2
• קסם 1
• קסמים 1
• הקוסם 1
• ולקסמים 1
• קסמי 1
• ויקסמו 1
• וקסם 1
• קסמיכם 1
• וקסמיכם 1

Words used with it

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

• שָׁוְא shav “vanity” 6
• נָבִיא navi “prophet” 7
• קֶסֶם qesem “divination” 4
• חָזָה chazah “to see” 5
• עָנַן anan “to divine” 3
• כָּזָב kazav “lie” 3
• חֲלוֹם chalom “dream” 3
• נָחַשׁ nachash “to divine” 2
• תְּרָפִים teraphim “teraphim” 2
• כֵּן ken “so” 4
• חָלָל chalal “slain” 2
• יָדַע yada “to know” 3

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 18:10 — There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or…
• 2 Kings 17:17 — And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of…
• Isaiah 44:25 — That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
• Jeremiah 27:9 — Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you,…
• Jeremiah 29:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your…
• Ezekiel 13:9 — And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written…
• Ezekiel 13:23 — Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezekiel 21:21 — For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images,…
• Ezekiel 22:28 — And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not…
• Micah 3:6 — Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the…
• Micah 3:11 — The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and…
• Zechariah 10:2 — For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock,…

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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.