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Nave Topical Bible
• Sorcery
Thompson Chain Reference
• Sorcery
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Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Sorcery
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Sorcery
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Sorcery
• Magic, Divination, and Sorcery
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Sorcery
King James Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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• Sorceries
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Sorcery
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Sorcerer; Sorcery
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• Sorcerer, Sorcery
• Sorcery in Christian Countries.
Lexicons
• ܚܰܪܫܳܐ
• μαγεία , μαγία
• μαγεύω
• φαρμακεία , φάρμακον
• כָּשַׁף
• כֶּשֶׁף

magic, enchantment, witchcraft; the use of supposed supernatural powers by the agency of evil spirits called forth by spells, incantations, &c., on the part of the magician, sorcerer or witch. The word meant originally divination by means of the casting or drawing of lots, and is derived from the O. Fr. sorcerie, sorcier, a sorcerer, Med. Lat. sortiarius, one who practises divination by lots, sortes (see Magic, Divination and Witchcraft).