Occurrences
Qeçem occurs 11 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (1), Proverbs (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (4)
- Numbers 22:7 — And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination (וּקְסָמִ֖ים) in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
- Numbers 23:23 — Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination (קֶ֖סֶם) against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
- 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 (קְסָמִ֔ים), or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
- 1 Samuel 15:23 — For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft (קֶ֙סֶם֙), and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
- 2 Kings 17:17 — And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination (קְסָמִ֖ים) and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
- Proverbs 16:10 — A divine sentence (קֶ֤סֶם) is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
- Jeremiah 14:14 — Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination (וְקֶ֤סֶם), and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
- Ezekiel 13:6 — They have seen vanity and lying divination (וְקֶ֣סֶם), saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
- Ezekiel 13:23 — Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations (וְקֶ֖סֶם): for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 21:21 — For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination (קָ֑סֶם): he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
- Ezekiel 21:22 — At his right hand was the divination (הַקֶּ֣סֶם) for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.