What is "magic" in the Bible?

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Exodus 7:

11 Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts:

sorcerers
Strong's 3784: To whisper a, spell, to inchant, practise magic

magicians
Strong's 2748: An engraver, writer

Various Hebrew words related to "magic" were translated into English words. These Hebrew words had a supernatural connotation.

Ezekiel 13:

18a and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people.

magic charms
Strong's 3704: A cushion, pillow

Isaiah 47:

12 “Keep on, then, with your magic spells and with your many sorceries, which you have labored at since childhood. Perhaps you will succeed, perhaps you will cause terror.

with your spells
Strong's 2267: Company, association, spell

In the NT, various Greek words are translated as "magic".

Revelation 9:

21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.

magic arts,
Strong's 5333: A magician, sorcerer. The same as pharmakeus.

Revelation 18:

23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world’s important people. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.

magic spell
Strong's 5331: Magic, sorcery, enchantment. From pharmakeus; medication, i.e. magic.

Revelation 21:

8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Again, these Greek words have a supernatural connotation associated with demons and idolaters.

What does the English word "magic" mean today?

Oxford:

1. the secret power of appearing to make impossible things happen by saying special words or doing special things
2. the art of doing tricks that seem impossible in order to entertain people

Meaning #1 refers to supernatural black magic involving the devil.

Meaning #2 refers to common stage shows of tricks of nature.

What is "magic" in the Bible?

The Bible uses various Hebrew and Greek words to refer to black magic. It is a form of idolatry and is condemned.

 

[Grip Docility]

Exodus 7:


sorcerers
Strong's 3784: To whisper a, spell, to inchant, practise magic

magicians
Strong's 2748: An engraver, writer

Various Hebrew words related to "magic" were translated into English words. These Hebrew words had a supernatural connotation.

Ezekiel 13:


magic charms
Strong's 3704: A cushion, pillow

Isaiah 47:


with your spells
Strong's 2267: Company, association, spell

In the NT, various Greek words are translated as "magic".

Revelation 9:


magic arts,
Strong's 5333: A magician, sorcerer. The same as pharmakeus.

Revelation 18:


magic spell
Strong's 5331: Magic, sorcery, enchantment. From pharmakeus; medication, i.e. magic.

Revelation 21:


Again, these Greek words have a supernatural connotation associated with demons and idolaters.

What does the English word "magic" mean today?

Oxford:


Meaning #1 refers to supernatural black magic involving the devil.

Meaning #2 refers to common stage shows of tricks of nature.

What is "magic" in the Bible?

The Bible uses various Hebrew and Greek words to refer to black magic. It is a form of idolatry and is condemned.

That is the most accurate exegesis about the subject that I have ever read. It's honest and true.