( 1 Samuel 15:23 ; 2 Kings 9:22 ; 2 Chr 33:6 ; Micah 5:12 ; Nahum 3:4 ; Galatians 5:20 ). In the popular sense of the word no mention is made either of witches or of witchcraft in Scripture.
The "witch of En-dor" ( 1 Samuel 28 ) was a necromancer, i.e., one who feigned to hold converse with the dead. The damsel with "a spirit of divination" ( Acts 16:16 ) was possessed by an evil spirit, or, as the words are literally rendered, "having a spirit, a pithon." The reference is to the heathen god Apollo, who was regarded as the god of prophecy.