Magic, Magicians. Magic is the science or practice of evoking spirits, or educing the occult powers of nature to produce effects apparently supernatu...
Overview - 1?Samuel 28 1?Achish puts confidence in David. 3?Saul having destroyed the witches, 4?and now in his fear forsaken of God, 7?has recours...
1 Samuel 28:11 Then said the woman, whom shall I bring up unto thee? &c.] For such persons, according to their profession, pretended they were able to...
Isaiah 57:3 But draw near hither The death of the righteous, and their happiness after it, being observed: the wicked, who thought themselves safe fro...
Overview - 1?Samuel 28 1?Achish puts confidence in David. 3?Saul having destroyed the witches, 4?and now in his fear forsaken of God, 7?has recours...
CHARM charm: Definition.--The word charm is derived from the Latin carmen, a song, and denotes strictly what is sung; then it comes to mean a magical...
1 Samuel 28:14 And he said unto her, what form [is] he of? &c.] Of what stature is he? or rather of what age does he seem to be? and what clothes has ...
Leviticus 20:27 A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit Or the spirit of Python or divination, see ( Leviticus 19:31 ) ; such as the damsel ...
Of a lamp (lucnou). Old word ( Matthew 5:15 ), again in Revelation 22:5 . Shall shine no more at all (ou mh panh). Fifth instance in these verses of...
A spirit of divination (pneuma puqwna). So the correct text with accusative (apparition, a spirit, a python), not the genitive (puqwno). Hesychius de...
1 Samuel 15:35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death Or added not to see him F24; not that he saw him no more, he saw him aft...
INQUIRE in-kwir' (sha'al, to ask, desire; zeteo, to seek); A form sometimes employed with reference to the practice of divination, as where Saul inqui...
Overview - 1?Samuel 28 1?Achish puts confidence in David. 3?Saul having destroyed the witches, 4?and now in his fear forsaken of God, 7?has recours...
1 Samuel 28:3 Now Samuel was dead Had been so for some time; which is mentioned before, ( 1 Samuel 25:1 ) ; and here repeated, partly to observe the r...
2 Samuel 1:12 And they mourned and wept Inwardly mourned, and outwardly wept, no doubt sincerely: and fasted until even; ate no food all that day unt...
Overview - 1?Samuel 28 1?Achish puts confidence in David. 3?Saul having destroyed the witches, 4?and now in his fear forsaken of God, 7?has recours...
FAMILIAR fa-mil'-yar: Is found as an adjective qualifying friend and spirit. (1) Used, in a number of Old Testament passages, of spirits which were ...
Samuel [E] [H] [S]Miraculous birth of 1?Samuel 1:7-20 Consecrated to God before his birth 1 Samuel 1:11 1 Samuel 1:22 1 Samuel 1:24-28 His mothe...
Sorcery (Divination by an alleged assistance of evil spirits)Forbidden Leviticus 19:26-28 Leviticus 19:31 ; 20:6 ; Deuteronomy 18:9-14 Denounced ...
Chapter?28Preparations are herein making for that war which will put an end to the life and reign of Saul, and so make way for David to the throne. In...