קֶסֶם
qeçem · keh'-sem
a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7080 (קָסַם);
a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle
- a lot
- also, divination (including its fee), oracle
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (reward of) divination, divine sentence, witchcraft.
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 קֶסֶם 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 · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- divination4 · 36%
- with the rewards of divination1 · 9%
- neither is there any divination1 · 9%
- of witchcraft1 · 9%
- a divine sentence1 · 9%
- and divination1 · 9%
- divinations1 · 9%
- was the divination1 · 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.