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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

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. Genesis 30:27

    Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."

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

  2. Genesis 44:5

    Isn't this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.'"

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

  3. Genesis 44:15

    Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?"

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

  4. Leviticus 19:26

    "'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it; neither shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.

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

  5. Deuteronomy 18:10

    There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

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

  6. 1 Kings 20:33

    Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to catch whether it were his mind; and they said, Your brother Ben Hadad. Then he said, Go you, bring him. Then Ben Hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

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

  7. 2 Kings 17:17

    They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.

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

  8. 2 Kings 21:6

    He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, 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.

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

  9. 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.

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