Bible Dictionary

Sorcerer

From the Latin sortiarius, one who casts lots, or one who tells the lot of others. (See DIVINATION.) In Dan. 2:2 it is the rendering of the Hebrew mekhashphim, i.e., mutterers, men who professed to h…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

From the Latin sortiarius, one who casts lots, or one who tells the lot of others. , mutterers, men who professed to have power with evil spirits. The practice of sorcery exposed to severest punishment (Mal. 3:5; Rev. 21:8; 22:15).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

[Divination]