Bible Encyclopedia: Sorceries

◄ Sorceries ►

Jump to: Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms

Greek

5331. pharmakeia -- the use of medicine, drugs or spells
... (AT Robertson). Word Origin from pharmakeuo (to administer drugs) Definition the
use of medicine, drugs or spells NASB Word Usage sorceries (1), sorcery (2). ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5331.htm - 7k

Strong's Hebrew

3785. kesheph -- sorcery
... 3784, 3785. kesheph. 3786 . sorcery. Transliteration: kesheph Phonetic
Spelling: (keh'-shef) Short Definition: sorceries. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/3785.htm - 6k

Library

Consummation of Thomas the Apostle.
... said: I have not been in a hurry [2400] to destroy thee, but have restrained myself;
but thou hast made a display of works, so that thy sorceries have been ...
/.../consummation of thomas the apostle/consummation of thomas the apostle.htm

Seed Scattered and Taking Root
... power of God.11. And to him they had regard, because that of long time he
had bewitched them with sorceries.12. But when they believed ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture the acts/seed scattered and taking root.htm

Simon's Disciples Adopt the Mysteries; Simon Meets St. Peter at ...
... This Simon, deceiving many [646] in Samaria by his sorceries, was reproved by the
Apostles, and was laid under a curse, as it has been written in the Acts. ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xv simons disciples adopt the.htm

The Miracles
... are some true, as the tide. It is the same with prophecies, miracles,
divination by dreams, sorceries, etc. For if there had been ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pascal/pensees/section xiii the miracles.htm

The Unclean Spirits.
... Because of these things, ancient Babylon was suddenly overwhelmed,""for the multitude
of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the unclean spirits.htm

The Unseen Watcher
... They shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries,
and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 43 the unseen watcher.htm

A Supplementary Chapter to the Bible in Spain
... far from being a defence, will invariably prove a thorn in thy side, a source of
humiliation and ignominy, a punishment for thy sorceries, thy abominations and ...
/.../a supplementary chapter to the.htm

Of Washing the Hands.
... [8845]. Footnotes: [8841] 1 Timothy 2:8. [8842] Or, "sorceries.". [8843] See Matthew
15:10, 11, 17-20; xxiii. 25, 26. [8844] By Pilate. See Matthew 27:24. ...
/.../tertullian/on prayer/chapter xiii of washing the hands.htm

Thyatira
... silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor
walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bullinger/commentary on revelation/thyatira.htm

Divided Worship
... retaining some trace of their heathen origin. Simon Magus bewitched them
in his sorceries. They began as heathen, though in lapse ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/divided worship.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Plural of Sorcery.

Thesaurus

Sorceries (11 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Sorceries (11 Occurrences). Acts 8:11 They listened to
him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries. ...
/s/sorceries.htm - 9k

Fornications (14 Occurrences)
... peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace, so long as the fornications of thy mother
Jezebel and her sorceries are so many? (DBY). 2 Chronicles ...
/f/fornications.htm - 10k

Enchantments (12 Occurrences)
... (2.) The rendering of the Hebrew keshaphim, "muttered spells" or "incantations,"
rendered "sorceries" in Isaiah 47:9, 12, ie, the using of certain formulae ...
/e/enchantments.htm - 11k

Charms (10 Occurrences)
... things, In a moment, in one day, childlessness and widowhood, According to their
perfection they have come upon thee, In the multitude of thy sorceries, In the ...
/c/charms.htm - 9k

Witchcraft (8 Occurrences)
... in The Wisdom of Solomon 12:4; 18:13; and in the Septuagint of Isaiah 47:9, where
it represents the Hebrew noun keshaphim, translated "sorceries"; compare the ...
/w/witchcraft.htm - 23k

Magus
... James Version). In Acts 8:11 it is also said that "of long time he had amazed"
them "with his sorceries" (magiais). The claim, given ...
/m/magus.htm - 23k

Witch (2 Occurrences)
... in The Wisdom of Solomon 12:4; 18:13; and in the Septuagint of Isaiah 47:9, where
it represents the Hebrew noun keshaphim, translated "sorceries"; compare the ...
/w/witch.htm - 24k

Sorcery (10 Occurrences)

/s/sorcery.htm - 10k

Scribes (85 Occurrences)
... Exodus 7:22 And the scribes of Egypt did so with their sorceries; and Pharaoh's
heart was stubborn, neither did he hearken to them, as Jehovah had said. ...
/s/scribes.htm - 49k

Listened (120 Occurrences)
... power of God." (WEB). Acts 8:11 They listened to him, because for a long time
he had amazed them with his sorceries. (WEB). Acts 13:48 ...
/l/listened.htm - 36k

Bible Concordance

Sorceries (11 Occurrences)

Acts 8:11 They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS)

Revelation 9:21 They didn't repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Revelation 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
(KJV WBS)

Exodus 7:22 And the scribes of Egypt did so with their sorceries; and Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, neither did he hearken to them, as Jehovah had said.
(DBY)

Exodus 8:7 And the scribes did so with their sorceries, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.
(DBY)

Exodus 8:18 And the scribes did so with their sorceries, to bring forth gnats; but they could not. And the gnats were on man and on beast.
(DBY)

2 Kings 9:22 And it came to pass when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace, so long as the fornications of thy mother Jezebel and her sorceries are so many?
(DBY RSV)

Isaiah 47:9 but these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come on you, in the multitude of your sorceries, and the great abundance of your enchantments.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 47:12 "Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth; if so be you shall be able to profit, if so be you may prevail.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Micah 5:12 And I will cut off sorceries out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no soothsayers.
(DBY NAS RSV)

Nahum 3:4 Because of the multitude of the fornications of the well-favoured harlot, mistress of sorceries, that selleth nations through her fornications, and families through her sorceries,
(DBY NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Sorceries

Related Terms

Fornications (14 Occurrences)

Enchantments (12 Occurrences)

Charms (10 Occurrences)

Witchcraft (8 Occurrences)

Magus

Witch (2 Occurrences)

Sorcery (10 Occurrences)

Scribes (85 Occurrences)

Listened (120 Occurrences)