Sorcerer
SORCERER
One who practised sorcery; nearly synonymous with magician, soothsayer, or wizard. This was a class of persons who dealt in incantations and divinations, and boasted of a power, in consequence of their deep science and by means of certain rites, to evoke the spirits of the dead from their gloomy abodes, and compel them to disclose information on subjects beyond the reach of human powers.They pretended also that, by means of certain herbs and information on subjects beyond the reach of human powers. They pretended also that, by means of certain herbs and incantations, they were able to expel demons, Mal 13:6,8 . Those persons also who devoted themselves to the general studies above mentioned, often abused their knowledge and deceived the common people, by pretending to foretell the destinies of men from the motions and appearances of the planets and stars, and to cure diseases by repeating certain phrases, etc. Of this class appears to have been Simon the sorcerer, mentioned in Mal 8:9,11 . Females who practised such arts were called sorceresses and witches, Mal 3:5 Jer 22:15 . See DIVINATION, ENCHANTMENTS, and MAGIC.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Sorcerer
from the Latin sortiarius, one who casts lots, or one who tells the lot of others. (See DIVINATION)
In Dan. 2:2 it is the rendering of the Hebrew mekhashphim, i.e., mutterers, men who professed to have power with evil spirits. The practice of sorcery exposed to severest punishment (Mal. 3:5; Rev. 21:8; 22:15).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Sorcerer
[DIVINATION]
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Sorcerer
See DIVINATION.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Sorcerer
Sorcerer. See Divination.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Sorcerer
(a) “one of a median caste, a magician:” see WISE; (b) “a wizard, sorcerer, a pretender to magic powers, a professor of the arts of witchcraft,” Act 13:6, Act 13:8, where Bar-Jesus was the Jewish name, Elymas, an Arabic word meaning “wise.” Hence the name Magus, “the magician,” originally applied to Persian priests. In the Sept., only in Dan 2:2, Dan 2:10, of the “enchanters,” RV (AV, “astrologers”), of Babylon. The superior Greek version of Daniel by Theodotion has it also at Dan 1:20; Dan 2:27; Dan 4:7; Dan 5:7, Dan 5:11, Dan 5:15.
an adjective signifying “devoted to magical arts,” is used as a noun, “a sorcerer,” especially one who uses drugs, potions, spells, enchantments, Rev 21:8, in the best texts (some have pharmakeus), and Rev 22:15.