Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
One who pretends to prognosticate future events. Baalam is so called (Josh. 13:22; Heb. kosem, a “diviner,” as rendered 1 Sam. 6:2; rendered “prudent,” Isa. 3:2). , “diviners of the clouds”) the word is used of the Chaldean diviners who studied the clouds. ”, Gesenius, Lex.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
[Divination]
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
SOOTH'SAYER was one who pretended to foretell future events. Dan 2:27. The original word comes from the verb to "divide," because the soothsayer dissected the entrails of animals for the purpose of telling from their appearance what would come to pass. The Philistines appear to have been notorious for their practice of this magic imposition. Isa 2:6. This was a common mode of divining among the Romans.