Bible Dictionary

Astrologers

ASTROL'OGERS. Dan 2:27. A class of men who pretended to foretell future events by observing the motions of the heavenly bodies, which, until a comparatively late period, were supposed actually to inf…

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

ASTROL'OGERS. Dan 2:27. A class of men who pretended to foretell future events by observing the motions of the heavenly bodies, which, until a comparatively late period, were supposed actually to influence human life. Star-worship prevailed among Eastern nations, and its priests were astrologers.