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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אַשָּׁף

אַשָּׁף

H825

Transliteration: ʼashshâph

Pronunciation: ash-shawf'

Definition: astrologer


Original: אשּׁף

Transliteration: 'ashshâph

Phonetic: ash-shawf'

BDB Definition:

  1. necromancer, conjurer
  2. (TWOT) astrologer, enchanter, exorcist

Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to lisp, i.e. practice enchantment)

TWOT entry: 181

Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine


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