Strong’s H2748 · Hebrew

חַרְטֹם
charṭôm
khar-tome'

Definition

a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)

Etymology

from the same as H2747 (חֶרֶט);

Where the KJV renders it

  • magician

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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