Deuteronomy 18:11
Strong's Lexicon
casts spells
וְחֹבֵ֖ר (wə·ḥō·ḇêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2266: 1) to unite, join, bind together, be joined, be coupled, be in league, heap up, have fellowship with, be compact, be a charmer 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to unite, be joined 1a2) to tie magic charms, charm 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to unite with, make an ally of 1b2) to unite, join, ally 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be allied with, be united 1c2) to be joined together 1d) (Hiphil) to join together, pile up (words) 1e) (Hithpael) to join oneself to, make an alliance, league together

חָ֑בֶר (ḥā·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2267: 1) association, company, band 2) shared, association, society 3) a magician, charmer, spell

consults
וְשֹׁאֵ֥ל (wə·šō·’êl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7592: 1) to ask, enquire, borrow, beg 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to ask, ask for 1a2) to ask (as a favour), borrow 1a3) to enquire, enquire of 1a4) to enquire of, consult (of deity, oracle) 1a5) to seek 1b) (Niphal) to ask for oneself, ask leave of absence 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to enquire, enquire carefully 1c2) to beg, practise beggary 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to be given on request 1d2) to grant, make over to, let (one) ask (successfully) or give or lend on request (then) grant or make over to

a medium
אוֹב֙ (’ō·wḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 178: 1) water skin bottle 2) necromancer 1b) necromancer, one who evokes the dead 1c) ghost, spirit of a dead one 1d) practice of necromancy 3) one that has a familiar spirit

or familiar spirit,
וְיִדְּעֹנִ֔י (wə·yid·də·‘ō·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3049: 1) a knower, one who has a familiar spirit 1a) a familiar spirit, soothsayer, necromancer (meton)

or inquires
וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ (wə·ḏō·rêš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1875: 1) to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place) 1a2) to consult, enquire of, seek 1a2a) of God 1a2b) of heathen gods, necromancers 1a3) to seek deity in prayer and worship 1a3a) God 1a3b) heathen deities 1a4) to seek (with a demand), demand, require 1a5) to investigate, enquire 1a6) to ask for, require, demand 1a7) to practice, study, follow, seek with application 1a8) to seek with care, care for 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God) 1b2) to be sought, be sought out 1b3) to be required (of blood)

of
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

the dead.
הַמֵּתִֽים׃ (ham·mê·ṯîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4191: 1) to die, kill, have one executed 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to die 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation) 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be killed, be put to death 1d1a) to die prematurely

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.

Young's Literal Translation
and a charmer, and one asking at a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking unto the dead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
cast spells , consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead.

New American Standard Bible
or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.

King James Bible
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.

New Living Translation
or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead.

English Standard Version
or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead,

New American Standard Bible
or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.

King James Bible
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
cast spells, consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead.

International Standard Version
casts spells, or who is a medium, an occultist, or a necromancer.

NET Bible
one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer.

American Standard Version
or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

English Revised Version
or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

Young's Literal Translation
and a charmer, and one asking at a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking unto the dead.
















Cross References
Acts 16:16
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

Exodus 22:18
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

Leviticus 19:31
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20:27
A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

1 Samuel 28:8
And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

Deuteronomy 1:1
These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

Deuteronomy 18:9
When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

Deuteronomy 18:8
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

Deuteronomy 18:12
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

Deuteronomy 18:13
Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
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