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Easton's Bible Dictionary

One who practises serpent-charming (Psalm 58:5; Jeremiah 8:17; Ecclesiastes 10:11). It was an early and universal opinion that the most venomous reptiles could be made harmless by certain charms or by sweet sounds. It is well known that there are jugglers in India and in other Eastern lands who practise this art at the present day.

In Isaiah 19:3 the word "charmers" is the rendering of the Hebrew 'ittim, meaning, properly, necromancers (R.V. marg., "whisperers"). In Deuteronomy 18:11 the word "charmer" means a dealer in spells, especially one who, by binding certain knots, was supposed thereby to bind a curse or a blessing on its object. In Isaiah 3:3 the words "eloquent orator" should be, as in the Revised Version, "skilful enchanter."

Noah Webster's Dictionary

1. (n.) One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician.

2. (n.) One who delights and attracts the affections.

Multi-Version Concordance

Charmer (5 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 18:11 or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Psalms 58:5 which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 10:11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer's tongue. (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 3:3 the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the expert artificer, and the skilful enchanter. (See JPS YLT)

Jeremiah 8:17 For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah. (YLT)




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