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H5172נָחַשׁna.chash

to divinePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 5
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. 1
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 1
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1
  12. 2
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 1
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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11 occurrences in 9 verses

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  1. Genesis 30:27

    And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.

    נִחַ֕שְׁתִּי ni.Chash.ti “I have learned by divination”

  2. Genesis 44:5

    Is not this the cup from which my lord takes wine and by which he gets knowledge of the future? Truly, you have done evil.

    נַחֵ֥שׁ na.Chesh “indeed <divine>”יְנַחֵ֖שׁ ye.na.Chesh “he practices divination”

  3. Genesis 44:15

    And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?

    נַחֵ֧שׁ na.Chesh “indeed <divine>”יְנַחֵ֛שׁ ye.na.Chesh “he practices divination”

  4. Leviticus 19:26

    Nothing may be used for food with its blood in it; you may not make use of strange arts, or go in search of signs and wonders.

    תְנַחֲשׁ֖וּ te.na.cha.Shu “you will practice divination”

  5. Deuteronomy 18:10

    Let there not be seen among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, or anyone using secret arts, or a maker of strange sounds, or a reader of signs, or any wonder-worker,

    וּמְנַחֵ֖שׁ (מְנַחֵ֖שׁ) me.na.Chesh “an augurer”

  6. 1 Kings 20:33

    Now the men took it as a sign, and quickly took up his words; and they said, Ben-hadad is your brother. Then he said, Go and get him. So Ben-hadad came out to him and he made him get up into his carriage.

    יְנַחֲשׁ֨וּ ye.na.cha.Shu “they observed [the] signs”

  7. 2 Kings 17:17

    And they made their sons and their daughters go through the fire, and they made use of secret arts and unnatural powers, and gave themselves up to doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, till he was moved to wrath.

    וַיְנַחֵ֑שׁוּ (יְנַחֵ֑שׁוּ) y.na.Che.shu “they practiced divination”

  8. 2 Kings 21:6

    And he made his son go through the fire, and made use of secret arts and signs for reading the future; he gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers; he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.

    וְנִחֵ֔שׁ (נִחֵ֔שׁ) ni.Chesh “he practiced divination”

  9. 2 Chronicles 33:6

    More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-work

    וְנִחֵשׁ֙ (נִחֵשׁ֙) ni.Chesh “he practiced divination”