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H3785

כֶּ֫שֶׁף

ke.shephH:N-M

sorcery

sorcery, witchcraft

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[כֶּ֫שֶׁף] noun masculine2Kgs 9:22 sorcery, only plural (Assyrian kišpu, id.); — כְּשָׁפִים Mic 5:11; Nah 3:4 suffix כְּשָׁפַיִךְ Isa 47:9; Isa 47:12 כְּשָׁפֶיהָ Nah 3:4; 2Kgs 9:22 — sorceries:

1. literal מִיָּדֶיךָ ׳וְהִכְרַתִּי כ Mic 5:11, said of Israel; ׳רֹב כ Isa 47:9; Isa 47:12 || חֲבָרַיִךְ, said of Babylon.
2. figurative of seductive and corrupting influences: of Jezebel 2Kgs 9:22 || זְנוּנִים; of Nineveh personified as harlot Nah 3:4 (|| id.), called ׳בַּעֲלַת כ vNah 3:4 (following זוֺנָהמֵרֹב זְנוּנֵי).

4 occurrences

II Kings (1), Isaiah (2), Nahum (1)