חַרְטֹם
charṭôm · khar-tome'
a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H2747 (חֶרֶט);
a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: magician.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › to surround and contain › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to surround and contain of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חַרְטֹם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the magicians4 · 36%
- for all the magicians1 · 9%
- this unto the magicians1 · 9%
- now the magicians1 · 9%
- then the magicians1 · 9%
- was upon the magicians1 · 9%
- than all the magicians1 · 9%
- the magicians1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.