H5172 · נָחַשׁ
nâchash · naw-khash' · enchantment, divine
H5172 (nâchash, pronounced naw-khash') is the Hebrew word נָחַשׁ in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell. It appears 11 times in 9 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- נָחַשׁ (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- nâchash
- Pronunciation
- naw-khash'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate
- Rendered in the KJV
- [idiom] certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) [idiom] enchantment, learn by experience, [idiom] indeed, diligently observe.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
11 occurrences in 9 verses (9 with English words of their own, 2 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “I have learned by divination” ×1
- “and divination” ×1
- “and soothsaying” ×1
- “and uses for divination” ×1
- “can surely divine the truth” ×1
- “divination” ×1
- “interprets omens” ×1
- “practice divination” ×1
By book
Genesis 3 · Leviticus 1 · Deuteronomy 1 · 1 Kings 1 · 2 Kings 2 · 2 Chronicles 1
Verses
- Genesis 30:27
- Genesis 44:5
- Genesis 44:15
- Leviticus 19:26
- Deuteronomy 18:10
- 1 Kings 20:33
- 2 Kings 17:17
- 2 Kings 21:6
- 2 Chronicles 33:6
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H5172.