חַרְטֹם
charṭôm · khar-tome'
{a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) the same as H2748 (חַרְטֹם)
{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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the magicians2 · 40%
- magician1 · 20%
- the magicians1 · 20%
- in the magicians1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
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.