Witch
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Witch - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
Occurs only in Ex. 22:18, as the rendering of mekhashshepheh, the feminine form of the word, meaning "enchantress" (R.V., "sorceress"), and in Deut. 18:10, as the rendering of mekhashshepheth, the masculine form of the word, meaning "enchanter."
Witch - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
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, v.t. To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.
Ill witch sweet ladies with my words and looks.
In other dictionaries
Read “Magic” in the 13 dictionaries- MagicEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- MagicianEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- SorcererEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- SorceressEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- SorceryEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- WitchcraftEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- Magic; MagicianInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Sorcerer; SorceryInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Witch; WitchcraftInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- SorcererSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- magic, magical, magician, who talk with spiritsTranslation Words
- 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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