Does the Bible contain the word 'witch'?

King James: some (including "bewitched" and "witchcraft"). e.g.

Exodus 22:18 "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. "
Deuteronomy 18:10 "There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch."

From the "New International Version", I only found hits on "witchcraft"

I'm curious... is there some (political?) agenda to the question?
Is Wicca trying to justify their existence through the Bible or something?

I don't know and don't particulary care what the Bible has to say about its idea of witches.

Wiccans don't have to justify their existence, especially through the text of another religion which shares virtually no similarities with the beliefs of Wicca.

agreed... which is why this survey confuses me... I don't get why the question is being asked.

lol sorry, I jumped on the defensive a bit then didn't I? I agree, I don't get it either.

Exodus 22:18
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.


Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" - Exodus 22:18

I don't know either. It's one of kolaz's surveys which seem to be 'of a theme'.

yeah, um ...whats the point again?

Perhaps Santa is a witch?

I don't know, and I soooooooooooo don't care. So there!

Ex. 7:11 Then Pharaoh, for his part, summoned the wise men and the sorcerers; and the Egyptian magicians, in turn, did the same with their spells.
Ex. 22:17 You shall not tolerate a sorceress.
Deut. 18:10 Let no one be found among you who consigns his son or daughter to the fire, or who is an augur, a soothsayer, a diviner, a sorcerer.
Jer. 27:9 As for you, give no heed to your prophets, augurs, dreamers, diviners, and sorcerers, who say to you, ‘Do not serve the king of Babylon.’
Nah. 3:4 Because of the countless harlotries of the harlot, The winsome mistress of sorcery, Who ensnared nations with her harlotries And peoples with her sorcery.
Mal. 3:5 But first I will step forward to contend against you, and I will act as a relentless accuser against those who have no fear of Me: Who practice sorcery, who commit adultery, who swear falsely, who cheat laborers of their hire, and who subvert the cause of the widow, orphan, and stranger, said the LORD of Hosts.
Dan. 2:2 The king ordered the magicians, exorcists, sorcerers, and Chaldeans to be summoned in order to tell the king what he had dreamed. They came and stood before the king.

This translation uses the word "sorcerer," but "witch" is also appropriate; it occurs in cognate languages with that meaning. The passage from Exodus in particular is frequently translated as "witch," and used as justification for killing them. There are also some other verses which mention sorcery.

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Don't know.. don't care.

Exodus 22:18, "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."

Isn't there a bit that says "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live"? But that's a translation - I doubt the original Bible contained an English word...I believe there is some doubt about the translation of the word as well - but I wouldn't know much about that.

It mentions witchcraft, and bewitched, but not , specifically, witch (I'm looking at the New International Version translation).

Deut. 18:10, Exodus 22:18

There are too many 'which'es in the bible to mention them all.

"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
Ex 22:18

"There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch."
Deut 18:10

It also contains the words "witchcraft" and "witchcrafts":

"For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king."
1Sam 15:23

"And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger."
2Chron 33:6

"Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,"
Gal 5:20

"And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?"
2Kings 9:22

"And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:"
Mic 5:12

"Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts."
Nahum 3:4

What do I win?!!

yes I presume, probabbly not in English though. So when they translated it to "witch" techniclly speaking the translation might have not been accurate.

then again I wouldnt know since I havent gotten around to reading it.

I'm sure in some version it may or may not contain the word 'witch'.

don't know. don't care.

Ex. 22: 18 "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."

I hope so, but then again, what's a 'witch' A witch is a heretic to the popular belief system...kinda like the word barbarian