Charṭôm — H2749

Definition

masculine noun

a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)

1. magician, magician-astrologer

Usually translated as

magician

Origin

(Aramaic) the same as H2748

• Same as Charṭôm (H2748)

Occurrences

Charṭôm occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (5)

• Daniel 2:10 — The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician (חַרְטֹּ֖ם), or astrologer, or Chaldean.
• Daniel 2:27 — Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians (חַרְטֻמִּין֙), the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
• Daniel 4:7 — Then came in the magicians (חַרְטֻמַיָּא֙), the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
• Daniel 4:9 — O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians (חַרְטֻמַיָּא֒), because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
• Daniel 5:11 — There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians (חַרְטֻמִּ֣ין), astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;