Bible Encyclopedias
Witch
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
is the rendering, in the A.V., at Exodus 22:18, of מְכִשֵּׁפָה (mekashshê phah, Sept. φαρμακοί ,-Vulg. malefici), and in Deuteronomy 18:10, of the masc. form of the same word (מְכִשֵּׁ )?, mekashshê ph, Sept. φαρμακός, Vulg. maleficus), which is elsewhere rendered "sorcerer" (Exodus 7:11; Daniel 2:2; Malachi 3:5).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Witch'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/w/witch.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.