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Sorcerer

from the Latin sortiarius, one who casts lots, or one who tells the lot of others. (See DIVINATION T0001047.)

In Dan. 2:2 it is the rendering of the Hebrew mekhashphim, i.e., mutterers, men who professed to have power with evil spirits. The practice of sorcery exposed to severest punishment (Mal. 3:5; Rev. 21:8; 22:15).

 

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