| Easton's Bible Dictionary A pretender to supernatural knowledge and power, "a knowing one," as the original Hebrew word signifies. Such an one was forbidden on pain of death to practise his deceptions (Leviticus 19:31; 20:6, 27; 1 Samuel 28:3; Isaiah 8:19; 19:3). Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A wise man; a sage. 2. (n.) One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter. 3. (a.) Enchanting; charming. 4. (a.) Haunted by wizards. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia WIZARD wiz'-ard.
See ASTROLOGY, 1; DIVINATION; FAMILIAR; MAGIC; WITCH, WITCHCRAFT. | Multi-Version Concordance Wizard (3 Occurrences) Leviticus 20:27 "'A man or a woman that is a medium, or is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.'" (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV) Deuteronomy 18:11 or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV) 2 Chronicles 33:6 He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and practiced sorcery, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger. (Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV) |