Astrologer
Astrologer
(Heb. and Chald. , asshlaph’, an enchanter, Dan 1:20; Dan 2:2; Dan 2:10; Dan 2:27; Dan 4:7; Dan 5:7; Dan 5:11; Dan 5:15; once Heb. , hober’ shama’yim, sky- divider, i.e. former of horoscopes; Sept. ; Vulg. augur caeli, Isa 47:13), a person who professes to divine future events by the appearance of the stars. SEE ASTROLOGY. The Babylonians were anciently famous for this kind of lore (Rawlinson’s Herodotus, i, Essay x; Simplicius ad Aristot. De Calo, ii, 123; Pliny, Hist. Nat. 7:56; Vitruv. 9:9). SEE ASTRONOMY.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Astrologer
(Dan. 1:20; 2:2, 10, 27, etc.) Heb. ‘ashshaph’, an enchanter, one who professes to divine future events by the appearance of the stars. This science flourished among the Chaldeans. It was positively forbidden to the Jews (Deut. 4:19; 18:10; Isa. 47:13).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Astrologer
1. In Dan 1:20; Dan 2:2; Dan 2:10; Dan 2:27; Dan 4:7; Dan 5:7; Dan 5:11; Dan 5:15 the Hebrew word is ashshaph, signifying ‘enchanter, magician;’ one who practised occult arts. This word occurs nowhere else.
2. habar shamayim , one who viewed or divided the heavens, an astrologer, who professed to foretell events by the position of the planets. Isa 47:13. Babylon was wearied with its various counsellors, who doubtless often differed one from another; but it had no other resource, so it turned to its astrologers, stargazers, etc. See DIVINATION.