22 Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.ġ8 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”Ģ0 Peter answered: “ May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money! 21 You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.ġ4 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. 12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. He boasted that he was someone great, 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “ This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.” 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. See DIVINATION, ENCHANTMENTS, and MAGIC.9 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. Females who practised such arts were called sorceresses and witches, Malachi 3:5 Revelation 22:15.
Of this class appears to have been Simon the sorcerer, mentioned in Acts 8:9,11. Those persons also who devoted themselves to the general studies above mentioned, often abused their knowledge and deceived the common people, by pretending to foretell the destinies of men from the motions and appearances of the planets and stars, and to cure diseases by repeating certain phrases, etc. They pretended also that, by means of certain herbs and incantations, they were able to expel demons, Acts 13:6,8. They pretended also that, by means of certain herbs and information on subjects beyond the reach of human powers. This was a class of persons who dealt in incantations and divinations, and boasted of a power, in consequence of their deep science and by means of certain rites, to evoke the spirits of the dead from their gloomy abodes, and compel them to disclose information on subjects beyond the reach of human powers. One who practised sorcery nearly synonymous with magician, soothsayer, or wizard. Short Definition: Elymas Definition: Elymas, the name of the sorcerer at Paphos. Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Elumas Phonetic Spelling: (el-oo'-mas) (mag'-os) Short Definition: a sorcerer, magician, wizard Definition: a. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: magos Phonetic Spelling: magos - a Magian, ie an (Oriental) astrologer, by impl. (ee-an-nace') Short Definition: Jannes Definition: Jannes, a sorcerer at. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Iannes Phonetic Spelling:
(ee-am-brace') Short Definition: Jambres Definition: Jambres, a sorcerer. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Iambres Phonetic Spelling: Goes Phonetic Spelling: (go'-ace) Short Definition: a conjurer, deceiver.
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Spelling: (far-mak-yoos') Short Definition: sorcerer. Pharmakos Phonetic Spelling: (far-mak-os') Short Definition: a magician.
pharmakos - a poisoner, sorcerer, magician (n.) One who foretells eventsīy the art of soothsaying a prognosticator. Simon, a magician, was found by Philip at Samaria (Acts 8:9-24) and Paul and BarnabasĮncountered Elymas, a Jewish sorcerer, at Paphos (13:6-12). with the Devil a sorcerer or sorceress - now applied chiefly or only to women,īut formerly used of men as well. (n.) One skilled in magic a sorcerer one who practices the black art an enchanter Ī necromancer a sorcerer or sorceress a conjurer. Multi-Version Concordance Sorcery (10 Occurrences). Jew Bar-jesus, who withstood Paul and Barnabas in Cyprus. Easton's Bible Dictionary Magician or sorcerer, the Arabic name of the Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One who enchants a sorcerer or magician also, (Acts 13:6), who met Paul and Barnabas at Paphos. Easton's Bible Dictionary Son of Joshua, the patronymic of Elymas the sorcerer Multi-Version Concordance Sorcerer (3 Occurrences).
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