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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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(1 Samuel 15:23; 2 Kings 9:22; 2 Chronicles 33:6; Micah 5:12; Nahum 3:4; Galatians 5:20 ). In the popular sense of the word no mention is made either of witches or of witchcraft in Scripture.

The "witch of En-dor" (1 Samuel 28 ) was a necromancer, i.e., one who feigned to hold converse with the dead. The damsel with "a spirit of divination" (Acts 16:16 ) was possessed by an evil spirit, or, as the words are literally rendered, "having a spirit, a pithon." The reference is to the heathen god Apollo, who was regarded as the god of prophecy.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Witchcraft'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​w/witchcraft.html. 1897.
 
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