In Scripture language, the word means a pretender to curious arts. Such as have familiar spirits and wizards. Such were the magicians in the court of Pharaoh, Exodus 7:11, etc. Balaam, the son of Bozor, was of the same class. (Numbers 22:5, etc. Daniel 1:20)
See Balaam.
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