Deuteronomy 18:11

a charmer With Sam. LXX omit or: the name is in apposition to the preceding. Heb. ḥober heber, weaving spells, spell-binder; either of the tying of knots as malignant charms, common among Semites and other races (Campbell Thompson, Sem. Magic162 173, Frazer, Golden Boughi. 394 ff.; mentioned in the Korân, Sur. cxiii, -the mischief of women blowing on knots"; also practised in Europe, cp. the French -nouer l"éguillette"), or of the weaving of incantations and spells (W. R. Smith), so LXX ἐπαείδων ἐπαοιδήν. In Psalms 58:5 (6) of charmingserpents. For spell-makers in Arabia, see Doughty i. 258, 333, 464 f.

a consulter with a ghost or familiar spirit] Heb. sho'el"ôb weyiddeonî; "ôbwas the spirit of a dead person, also applied to the medium, whose body it inhabited, speaking out from this in a chirping, twittering voice (probably imitated from the sound of bats haunting sepulchres), LXX ἐνγαστρίμυθος; see Lev 20:27, 1 Samuel 28:3; 1 Samuel 28:7; 1 Samuel 28:9; Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 29:4; 2 Kings 22:6; 2 Kings 23:24. Yiddeonîmeans either instructor(the form may be causative) or knower(cp. Scot. wise = with powers of magic, wise-wife = witch, wise-folk = fairies) or acquaintance, familiar(W. R. Smith). LXX, τερατοσκόπος.

a necromancer Heb. enquirer of, or resorter to(doresh, see on seek, Deuteronomy 12:5), the dead: a general description of the consulter of ghosts and familiar spirits. With Sam. LXX omit or.