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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: βασκαίνω

(Strong's #940 — Verb — baskaino — bas-kah'ee-no )

primarily, "to slander, to prate about anyone;" then "to bring evil on a person by feigned praise, or mislead by an evil eye, and so to charm, bewitch" (Eng., "fascinate" is connected), is used figuratively in Galatians 3:1 , of leading into evil doctrine.

2: ἐξίστημι

(Strong's #1839 — Verb — existemi — ex-is'-tay-mee )

is rendered "bewitch" in Acts 8:9,11 , AV, concerning Simon the sorcerer; it does not mean "to bewitch," as in the case of the preceding verb, but "to confuse, amaze" (RV). See AMAZE , B. No. 1.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Bewitch'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​b/bewitch.html. 1940.
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