< Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Wizard: 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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