Charmer
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
One who practises serpent-charming (Psalm 58:5; Jeremiah 8:17; Ecclesiastes 10:11). It was an early and universal opinion that the most venomous reptiles could be made harmless by certain charms or by sweet sounds. It is well known that there are jugglers in India and in other Eastern lands who practise this art at the present day.

In Isaiah 19:3 the word "charmers" is the rendering of the Hebrew 'ittim, meaning, properly, necromancers (R.V. marg., "whisperers"). In Deuteronomy 18:11 the word "charmer" means a dealer in spells, especially one who, by binding certain knots, was supposed thereby to bind a curse or a blessing on its object. In Isaiah 3:3 the words "eloquent orator" should be, as in the Revised Version, "skilful enchanter."

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician.

2. (n.) One who delights and attracts the affections.

Greek
5587. psithurismos -- a whispering
... Souter). [5587 () is "an onomatopoetic word for the sibilant murmur of a
snake charmer (Ecc 10:11)" ( at 2 Cor 12:20).]. Word Origin ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5587.htm - 7k
Strong's Hebrew
3907. lachash -- to whisper, charm
... charmer, whisper together. A primitive root; to whisper; by implication, to mumble
a spell (as a magician) -- charmer, whisper (together). 3906, 3907. ...
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2267. cheber -- company, association, spell
... charmer company, enchantment, wide. From chabar; a society; also a spell -- + charmer(-
ing), company, enchantment, X wide. see HEBREW chabar. 2266, 2267. ...
/hebrew/2267.htm - 6k

328. at -- gentleness
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition gentleness NASB Word Usage despondently
(1), gently (3), leisure (1). charmer, gently, secret, softly. ...
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3956. lashon -- tongue
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition tongue NASB Word Usage bar (2), bark*
(1), bay (3), charmer* (1), language (14), languages (2), slanderer* (1 ...
/hebrew/3956.htm - 6k

1167. baal -- owner, lord
... baal Definition owner, lord NASB Word Usage allies* (1), archers* (1), bird* (1),
bound (1), bridegroom (1), captain (1), case* (1), charmer* (1), citizens (1 ...
/hebrew/1167.htm - 6k

Library

On the Perfection of Patience.
... nor any healing plaster, so those also who have given themselves up to be smitten
by the same pricks, exclude all the aid of the sacred charmer, because as ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xvi on the perfection.htm

The Words of Abbot Serapion on the Decline of Thoughts that are ...
... "If" says he "a serpent bite without hissing there is no sufficiency for the charmer,"
[1185] showing that the bite of a serpent in silence is dangerous, ie ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xi the words of.htm

Psalm LVIII.
... When the asp beginneth to be affected by the Marsian charmer, who calleth it forth
with certain peculiar incantations, hear what it doeth....Give heed what is ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lviii.htm

Prefatory Notice
... convincing the understanding, so entering into the soul, so engaging the affections,
that those were as deaf as adders who were not charmed by so wise a charmer ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/baxter/the saints everlasting rest/prefatory notice.htm

An Address to the Regenerate, Founded on the Preceding Discourses.
... eloquence, with such divine energy, yet met with multitudes, who were like the deaf
adder, that would not hearken to the voice of the wisest charmer: (Psalm 58 ...
/.../doddridge/practical discourses on regeneration/discourse x an address to.htm

Closing Appeal.
... [2505] These have conquered me"the divinity of the instruction, and the power of
the Word: for as a skilled serpent-charmer lures the terrible reptile from ...
/.../justin/justins discourse to the greeks/chapter v closing appeal.htm

Our Instructor's Treatment of Our Sins.
... human skill. But the paternal Word is the only P??onian physician of human
infirmities, and the holy charmer of the sick soul. "Save ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter ii our instructors treatment of.htm

Colossians iii. 3
... known and understood in its prospects to awaken sympathy; what deafest ear of the
deaf adder could ever be so closed against the voice of the charmer, as our ...
/.../arnold/the christian life/lecture vi colossians iii 3.htm

Choice of Company
... pricked with my sayings. Who will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent?
or any that come nigh wild beasts? Even so who will ...
/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/v choice of company.htm

Prophets and the Prophet
... enchanter, or a witch, 11. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits,
or a wizard, or a necromancer.12. For all that do ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/prophets and the prophet.htm

Thesaurus
Charmer (5 Occurrences)
... In Deuteronomy 18:11 the word "charmer" means a dealer in spells, especially one
who, by binding certain knots, was supposed thereby to bind a curse or a ...
/c/charmer.htm - 8k

Charmer's (1 Occurrence)
...Charmer's (1 Occurrence). Ecclesiastes 10:11 If the snake bites before it is charmed,
then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue. (WEB). ...
/c/charmer's.htm - 6k

Charms (10 Occurrences)
... pieces of silver. (DBY). Psalms 58:5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of
whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful. (YLT). Song of ...
/c/charms.htm - 9k

Charmed (3 Occurrences)
... Ecclesiastes 10:11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no
profit for the charmer's tongue. (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV). ...
/c/charmed.htm - 7k

Charmers (4 Occurrences)
... Charmers (4 Occurrences). Psalms 58:5 which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers,
no matter how skillful the charmer may be. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV). ...
/c/charmers.htm - 7k

Necromancer (1 Occurrence)
... Necromancer (1 Occurrence). Deuteronomy 18:11 or a charmer, or a consulter with
a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV). ...
/n/necromancer.htm - 7k

Whisperers (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Whisperers (1 Occurrence). Psalms 58:5 Which hearkeneth
not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful. (YLT). ...
/w/whisperers.htm - 6k

Wizard (3 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 18:11 or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit,
or a wizard, or a necromancer. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV). ...
/w/wizard.htm - 8k

Inquireth (7 Occurrences)
... Inquireth (7 Occurrences). Deuteronomy 18:11 or a charmer, or one that inquireth
of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead. (DBY). ...
/i/inquireth.htm - 8k

Tune (15 Occurrences)
... (WEB NIV). Psalms 58:5 which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter
how skillful the charmer may be. (See NIV). Psalms 59:1 For the Chief Musician. ...
/t/tune.htm - 12k

Resources
What does the Bible say about snakes? Are snakes evil? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about sorcery? | GotQuestions.org

Charmer: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Charmer (5 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 18:11
or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Psalms 58:5
which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 10:11
If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 3:3
the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter.
(See JPS YLT)

Jeremiah 8:17
For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Charmer

Related Terms

Charmer's (1 Occurrence)

Charms (10 Occurrences)

Charmed (3 Occurrences)

Charmers (4 Occurrences)

Necromancer (1 Occurrence)

Whisperers (1 Occurrence)

Wizard (3 Occurrences)

Inquireth (7 Occurrences)

Tune (15 Occurrences)

Deaf (22 Occurrences)

Medium (4 Occurrences)

Python (6 Occurrences)

Bitten (6 Occurrences)

Babbler (4 Occurrences)

Bites (5 Occurrences)

Bite (13 Occurrences)

Consulteth (7 Occurrences)

Casts (21 Occurrences)

Charming (4 Occurrences)

Consulter (1 Occurrence)

Consults (3 Occurrences)

Caster (2 Occurrences)

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Spells (5 Occurrences)

Spiritist (2 Occurrences)

Soothsayer (4 Occurrences)

Spell (2 Occurrences)

Familiar (35 Occurrences)

Calls (62 Occurrences)

Snake (43 Occurrences)

Skillful (42 Occurrences)

Advantage (44 Occurrences)

Skilful (38 Occurrences)

Magician (5 Occurrences)

Magic (12 Occurrences)

Affirmation (335 Occurrences)

Asking (111 Occurrences)

Seeking (182 Occurrences)

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