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Greek

5331. pharmakeia -- the use of medicine, drugs or spells
... enchantment. 5331 (from , "administer drugs") -- properly, drug-related sorcery,
like the practice of magical-arts, etc. (AT Robertson). ...
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4021. periergos -- overly careful, curious, meddling, subst. a ...
... busybody. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: periergos Phonetic Spelling:
(per-ee'-er-gos) Short Definition: a busybody, curious, magical Definition: of ...
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5333. pharmakos -- a poisoner, sorcerer, magician
... properly, a sorcerer; used of people using and "religious incantations" to drug
people into living by their -- like having magical (supernatural) powers to ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2791. cheresh -- silently, secretly
... cunning, secretly From charash; magical craft; also silence -- cunning, secretly.
see HEBREW charash. 2790b, 2791. cheresh. 2791a . Strong's Numbers.
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7080. qasam -- to practice divination
... A primitive root; properly, to distribute, ie Determine by lot or magical scroll;
by implication, to divine -- divine(-r, -ation), prudent, soothsayer, use ...
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2748. chartom -- an engraver, writer
... magician. From the same as cheret; a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)
-- magician. see HEBREW cheret. 2747, 2748. chartom. 2749 . ...
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Library

As to Your Other Matter, How this Language of the Magical Working ...
... [Way-2-107] As to your other matter, how this language of the magical working
of the will� As to your other matter, how this language ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-2-107 as to your other.htm

In Opposition to those who Foolishly Imagine that Christ Converted ...
... the harmony of the gospels.Book I. Chapter XI."In Opposition to Those Who Foolishly
Imagine that Christ Converted the People to Himself by Magical Arts. 17. ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xi in opposition to those.htm

System of the Magicians; Incantations of Demons; Secret Magical ...
... Book IV. Chapter XXVIII. "System of the Magicians; Incantations of Demons;
Secret Magical Rites. ... And (the sorcerer), taking ...
/.../hippolytus/the refutation of all heresies/chapter xxviii name of the.htm

The Heresy of Carpocrates; Wicked Doctrines Concerning Jesus ...
... Book VII. Chapter XX."The Heresy of Carpocrates; Wicked Doctrines Concerning
Jesus Christ; Practise Magical Arts; Adopt a Metempsychosis. ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xx the heresy of carpocrates.htm

The Divination by a Cauldron; Illusion of Fiery Demons; Specimen ...
... Book IV. Chapter XXXV."The Divination by a Cauldron; Illusion of Fiery Demons;
Specimen of a Magical Invocation. But neither shall ...
/.../hippolytus/the refutation of all heresies/chapter xxxv the divination by a.htm

Theophilus. ...
... Theophilus. As to your first matter, concerning magical eyes; I should have thought
the thing plain enough already. But you may understand it thus. ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-2-106 theophilus .htm

And Here, My Friend, You have an Easy Entrance into the True ...
... easy entrance into the true meaning of many important passages in the books of Jacob
Behmen, like those that follow: "All," says he, "is magical; the eternity ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-2-85 and here my friend.htm

Menander the Sorcerer.
... he taught that no one could gain the mastery over the world-creating angels themselves
[817] unless he had first gone through the magical discipline imparted ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xxvi menander the sorcerer.htm

For this Magic Power of Everything, that Works in all Nature and ...
... First, how I am to understand our author, when he says, "Here the reader must have
magical eyes"; and, "This or that hath a magical understanding." And ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-2-105 for this magic power.htm

And it is not we Alone who Speak of Wicked Demons...
... For this is the method they adopt, in order by means of incantations and magical
arts to invoke the demons, and induce them to further their wishes. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxix and it is.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency.

2. (a.) Performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. Hence: Seemingly requiring more than human power; imposing or startling in performance; producing effects which seem supernatural or very extraordinary; having extraordinary properties; as, a magic lantern; a magic square or circle.

Thesaurus

Magical (1 Occurrence)
...Magical (1 Occurrence). Acts 19:19 Many of those who practiced magical arts brought
their books together and burned them in the sight of all. ...
/m/magical.htm - 7k

Charm (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic;
a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation. ...
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Magician (5 Occurrences)
... MAGIC IN THE BIBLE 1. Hostility to Magic 2. Potency of Magical Words 3. Influence
of Charms V. MAGICAL TERMS USED IN THE BIBLE 1. Divination 2. Sorcery 3 ...
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Magic (12 Occurrences)
... All magical arts were distinctly prohibited under penalty of death in the Mosaic
law. ... 2. (a.) Alt. of Magical. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MAGIC; MAGICIAN. ...
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Witchcraft (8 Occurrences)
... The Hebrew word is in both cases the participle of the verb (kishsheph), denoting
"to practice the magical article." See MAGIC, V, 2. In the first passage ...
/w/witchcraft.htm - 23k

Witch (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing
supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. ...
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Exorcism
... ek'-sor-siz'-m, ek'-sor-sist (Exorkistes, from exorkizo, "to adjure" (Matthew
26:63)): 1. Definition: One who expels demons by the use of magical formulas. ...
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Exorcist (1 Occurrence)
... ek'-sor-siz'-m, ek'-sor-sist (Exorkistes, from exorkizo, "to adjure" (Matthew
26:63)): 1. Definition: One who expels demons by the use of magical formulas. ...
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Devils (48 Occurrences)
... says: "Divine unto me by the 'obh and bring me up whomsoever I shall name unto thee."
The expression "divine by" clearly points to some magical object used in ...
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Demons (54 Occurrences)
... says: "Divine unto me by the 'obh and bring me up whomsoever I shall name unto thee."
The expression "divine by" clearly points to some magical object used in ...
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Bible Concordance

Magical (1 Occurrence)

Acts 19:19 Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted the price of them, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
(WEB WEY ASV)

Subtopics

Magical

Related Terms

Charm (5 Occurrences)

Magician (5 Occurrences)

Magic (12 Occurrences)

Witchcraft (8 Occurrences)

Witch (2 Occurrences)

Exorcism

Exorcist (1 Occurrence)

Devils (48 Occurrences)

Demons (54 Occurrences)