קָסַם
qâçam · kaw-sam'
properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine
- properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll
- by implication, to divine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: divine(-r, -ation), prudent, soothsayer, use (divination).
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- 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)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to support and uphold › water, chaos, the mighty deep
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to support and uphold of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָסַם 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the diviners3 · 15%
- or that useth1 · 5%
- and unto diviners1 · 5%
- the soothsayer1 · 5%
- i pray thee, divine1 · 5%
- and used1 · 5%
- and the prudent1 · 5%
- and maketh diviners1 · 5%
- nor to your diviners1 · 5%
- and your diviners1 · 5%
- and that divine1 · 5%
- nor divine1 · 5%
- to use1 · 5%
- divination1 · 5%
- unto thee, whiles they divine1 · 5%
- and divining1 · 5%
- unto you, that ye shall not divine1 · 5%
- thereof divine1 · 5%
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.