Divination Products

† [קָסַם] vb.denom. practise divination;— Qal Impf. 3 mpl. יִקְסְמוּ 2 K 17:17, יִקְסֹ֑מוּ Mi 3:11; 2 fs. תִּקְסַמְנָה Ez 13:23; Imv. fs. קָסֳמִי 1 S 28:8 Qr (Kt קסומי); Inf. cstr. קְסֹם Mi 3:8 (Buhl קֶסֶם), קֶסָם־ Ez 21:26, 34 קְסָ֯ום־ Ez 21:28 (read קֶסֶם Co Buhl), especially Pt. קֹסֵם Dt 18:10; Is 3:2, etc.;— 1. of diviners of the nations, Balaam, Jos 13:22 (D), Philist. 1 S 6:2 (‖ כהנים), Bab. Is 44:25 (‖ חכמים) Ez 21:26 cf. שׁוא" dir="rtl" >ק׳ שׁוא Ez 21:28 (but read קֶסֶם), + Is 2:6 (ins. prob. קֹסְמִים, > קֶסֶם, or מִקְסָם; v. קֶדֶם 1 b); of Can. necromancers בָּאוֹב 1 S 28:8; ‖ מְעֹנְנִים Dt 18:14; of Ammonites ק׳ כָּזָב Ez 21:34 (+ ל pers.). 2. false proph. of Isr. ‖ חזה Mi 3:6 (? קֶסֶם; ‖ חזון), v 7; Is 3:2 (+ נביא; cf. v 3), ‖ נביאים Je 27:9; 29:8, בְּכֶסֶף Mi 3:11, ‖ חזה שׁקר Zc 10:2; ‖ חזה שׁוא: ק׳ קֶסֶם Ez 13:23 (but v. קֶסֶם), ק׳ כָּזָב Ez 13:9; 22:28, + 13:6 (read וְקָֽסְמוּ, or [Co Berthol] inf. abs. וְקָסֹם, Vrss. Toy). 3. ק׳ קְסָמִים prohibited Dt 18:10 2 K 17:17.

† קֶ֫סֶם n.[m.] divination;—abs. ק׳ Nu 23:23 +, קָ֑סֶם Ez 21:26; cstr. קֶסֶם 13:6; pl. קְסָמִים Dt 18:10 +;— 1. of the nations: Balaam, Nu 23:23 (poem in JE; ‖ נַחַשׁ; c. ב against; as acc. cogn. לִקְסָם־ק׳ Ez 21:26; ק׳ as instr. of divination בִּימִינוֹ v 27; so of elders of Moab and Midian, קְסָמִים בְּיָדָם, Nu 22:7 (E).—Is 2:6 v. [קָסַס" dir="rtl" >קָסַם]. 2. of false proph. ק׳ כָּזָב Ez 13:6 (but v. [קָסַם]); ק׳ as acc. cogn. Ez 13:23 (כָּזָב as v 9 21:34; 22:28); ק׳ אֱלִיל (so Gf for MT וֶאֱלִו֯ל) Je 14:14 (all ‖ חזה שׁוא or שׁקר); קֹסֵם קְסָמִים prohibited Dt 18:10; 2 K 17:17; reprobated 1 S 15:23 (poem; ‖ תרפים). 3. in good sense ק׳ עַל שִׂפְתֵי מֶלֶךְ Pr 16:10 (king’s lips as oracle).

† [מִקְסָם] n.[m.] divination; cstr. מִקְסַם חָלָק Ez 12:24 (‖ חזון שׁוא); מִקְסַם כָּזָב Ez 13:7 (‖ מחזה שׁוא).

μαντ-εύομαι, future -εύσομαι Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist ἐμαντευσάμην Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect μεμάντευμαι Refs:—passive, see infr. IV: (μάντις):—divine, prophesy, τί μοι θάνατον μαντεύεα; Refs 8th c.BC+; τί νύ μοι μαντεύεαι αἰπὺν ὄλεθρονRefs 8th c.BC+; τινι to one, Refs 8th c.BC+: with dative modi, draw divinations from or by means of.., ῥάβδοισι Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 generally, presage, forebode, surmise, of presentiment, opposed to knowledge, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 of animals, get scent of, κύων ἄρτον μ. Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II consult an oracle, seek divinations, Refs 5th c.BC+; ταῦτα καὶ μ. this is the question I ask the oracle, Refs 5th c.BC+; μαντείαν μ. παρὰ τῷ θεῷ Aeschin. [prev. cited] __III later, of the god, give an oracle, ταῦθ᾽ ὁρῶ τὸν Δία ὑμῖν μαντευόμενον Refs 4th c.BC+ __IV in later Greek, active μαντεύω, Refs 1st c.AD+aorist passive, ἐμαντεύθη an oracle was given, Refs 5th c.BC+perfect participle, τὰ μεμαντευμένα the words of the oracles, Refs; τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ μαντευσθέντα (sic) Refs 4th c.BC+