A pretender to supernatural knowledge and power, "a knowing one," as the original Hebrew word signifies. Such an one was forbidden on pain of death to practise his deceptions ( Leviticus 19:31 ; 20:6,27 ; 1 Samuel 28:3 ; Isaiah 8:19 ; 19:3 ).
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)