Sorcerer
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Sorcerer - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
From the Latin sortiarius, one who casts lots, or one who tells the lot of others. (See [603]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).
Sorcerer - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
SOR'CERER, [L. sors, lot.] A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician. The Egyptian sorcerers contended with Moses.
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- Magic; MagicianInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Sorcerer; SorceryInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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- SorcererSmith’s Bible Dictionary
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- sorcerer, sorceress, sorcery, sorceries, witchcraft, magicianTranslation Words
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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