Definition
from H2266; a society; also a spell
Traditional renderings: charmer(-ing), company, enchantment, × wide.
Traditional renderings: charmer(-ing), company, enchantment, × wide.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חֶ֫בֶר:
- κρύπτωkruptō“to hide”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Deuteronomy 18:11חָ֑בֶר…casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
- Psalm 58:5חֲבָרִ֣ים…refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
- Proverbs 21:9חָֽבֶר׃ · than to shareBetter to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Proverbs 25:24חָֽבֶר׃ · than to shareBetter to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
- Isaiah 47:9חֲבָרַ֖יִךְ · of your spellsThese two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
- Isaiah 47:12בַחֲבָרַ֙יִךְ֙ · with your spellsSo take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!
- Hosea 6:9חֶ֚בֶר · [so does] a bandLike raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.