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(R.V., “sorceress”), and in Deuteronomy 18:10, as the rendering of

mekhashshepheth, the masculine form of the word, meaning “enchanter.”

WITCHCRAFT (1 Samuel 15:23; 2 Kings 9:22; 2 Chronicles 33:6; Micah 5:12; Nahum 3:4; Galatians 5:20). In the popular sense of the word no mention is made either of witches or of witchcraft in Scripture.