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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_195661" /> == | |||
<p> | <p> (1): (n.) One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; - now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well. </p> <p> (2): (n.) A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper. </p> <p> (3): (n.) The stormy petrel. </p> <p> (4): (n.) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera. </p> <p> (5): (n.) One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; - said especially of a woman or child. </p> <p> (6): (v. t.) To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant. </p> <p> (7): (n.) An ugly old woman; a hag. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_64383" /> == | |||
<p> WITCH, n. </p> 1. A woman who by compact with the devil, practices sorcery or enchantment. 2. A woman who is given to unlawful arts. 3. A winding sinuous bank. <p> WITCH, To bewitch to fascinate to enchant. </p> <p> [[Ill]] witch sweet ladies with my words and looks. </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75472" /> == | |||
<p> Witch. See Divination; Magic. </p> | |||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33976" /> == | |||
Exodus 22:18 <i> Mekhashshepheh </i> Deuteronomy 18:10 <i> Mekhashshepheth </i> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44591" /> == | |||
[[Divination And Magic]] | |||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37964" /> == | |||
<p> (See DIVINATION; MAGIC.) </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66205" /> == | |||
<p> is the rendering, in the A.V., at Exodus 22:18, of מְכִשֵּׁפָה (mekashshê phah, Sept. φαρμακοί ,-Vulg. malefici), and in Deuteronomy 18:10, of the masc. form of the same word (מְכִשֵּׁ )?, mekashshê ph, Sept. φαρμακός, Vulg. maleficus), which is elsewhere rendered "sorcerer" (Exodus 7:11; Daniel 2:2; Malachi 3:5). </p> | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16954" /> == | |||
<p> The fem., a sorceress, is found in ; the mas., a sorcerer or magician, in ; ; ; . In the New [[Testament]] 'sorcerer' occurs in ; . </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_195661"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/witch Witch from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_64383"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/witch Witch from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_75472"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/witch Witch from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_33976"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/witch Witch from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_44591"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/witch Witch from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_37964"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/witch Witch from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_66205"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/witch Witch from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_16954"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/witch Witch from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_16954"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/witch Witch from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 10:40, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; - now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.
(2): (n.) A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.
(3): (n.) The stormy petrel.
(4): (n.) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.
(5): (n.) One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; - said especially of a woman or child.
(6): (v. t.) To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.
(7): (n.) An ugly old woman; a hag.
King James Dictionary [2]
WITCH, n.
1. A woman who by compact with the devil, practices sorcery or enchantment. 2. A woman who is given to unlawful arts. 3. A winding sinuous bank.
WITCH, To bewitch to fascinate to enchant.
Ill witch sweet ladies with my words and looks.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [3]
Witch. See Divination; Magic.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [4]
Exodus 22:18 Mekhashshepheh Deuteronomy 18:10 Mekhashshepheth
Holman Bible Dictionary [5]
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [6]
(See DIVINATION; MAGIC.)
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
is the rendering, in the A.V., at Exodus 22:18, of מְכִשֵּׁפָה (mekashshê phah, Sept. φαρμακοί ,-Vulg. malefici), and in Deuteronomy 18:10, of the masc. form of the same word (מְכִשֵּׁ )?, mekashshê ph, Sept. φαρμακός, Vulg. maleficus), which is elsewhere rendered "sorcerer" (Exodus 7:11; Daniel 2:2; Malachi 3:5).
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [8]
The fem., a sorceress, is found in ; the mas., a sorcerer or magician, in ; ; ; . In the New Testament 'sorcerer' occurs in ; .
References
- ↑ Witch from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Witch from King James Dictionary
- ↑ Witch from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Witch from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Witch from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Witch from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Witch from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Witch from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
