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Sorcerer
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
From the Latin sortiarius, one who casts lots, or one who tells the lot of others. (See DIVINATION.) In Dan. 2:2 it is the rendering of the Hebrew mekhashphim, i.e., mutterers, men who professed to have power with evil spirits. The practice of sorcery exposed to severest punishment (Mal. 3:5; Rev. 21:8; 22:15).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
[Divination]
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician. Bacon. Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers. Ex. vii. 11.