Witch
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