...........Good evening penni............
Sure was good to hear from you. Please excuse me for not getting back to you sooner, I have been on partial vacation.
This is it in a nutshell
Exod 22:18
witch
Strongs #3784 ¹v'K;
kaÆshaph, kaw-shaf’; a prim. root; prop. to whisper a spell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic:— sorcerer, (use) witch (-craft).
witch (KJV)
Deut 18:10
enchanter, or a witch,
Strongs #9999
For this word witch...as it is used in Deut 18:10.
9999 inserted word (x);
This word was added by the translators for better readability in the English. There is no actual word in the Hebrew text. The word may be displayed in italics, or in parentheses or other brackets, to indicate that it is not in the original text.
WITCH appears only twice in KJ. “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” (Exodus 22:18). “There shall not be found among you … an enchanter, or a witch” (Deuteronomy 18:10). The Hebrew word denotes a woman in the first of these passages, and a man in the second; but the English does not bring out this distinction. Yet KJ itself translates the masculine plural of this word by “sorcerers” in Exodus 7:11, Daniel 2:2, and Malachi 3:5. While it is true that the word “witch” was formerly applied to men as well as to women, the revised versions use “sorcerers” in Exodus 22:18, and “sorcerer” in Deuteronomy 18:10.
You wrote
The King James translation of kashaph as witch was opposed
even in his own time by Reginald Scott, a scholar who claimed the word meant "poisoner" in his book,
DISCOVERIE OF WITCHCRAFT. (1580)
I have studied the "Scholars" and there is only one He is Dr. James Strong. The reason Mr. Scott said the above is because of the following
Strongs #5332. farmakeuv" pharmakeáus, far-mak-yoos´; from favrmakon pharmakoán, (a drug, i.e. spell-giving potion); a druggist (“pharmacist”) or poisoner, i.e. (by extens.) a magician:— sorcerer.
Strongs #5331. farmakeiva pharmakeáia, far-mak-i´-ah; from 5332; medication (“pharmacy”), i.e. (by extens.) magic (lit. or fig.):— sorcery, witchcraft.
All of this word study is quite important but it can be quite exhausting and taxing on the intellect...smile... As to an opinion of the with trials, well I was not there...possibly if I were I might also have been burned at the stake.... God forbid!!!...For I have been known to call some uncanny situations!!
And yes, it was very interesting.
And as always the feelings are mutual
Have a blessed evening my friend, you and your family
Shalom...><>
Ps 56:11-13
11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? |
