# קֶסֶם (qesem)

Israeli respelling: qe-sem. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7081. 11 Old Testament occurrences.

a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle

King James renderings: (reward of) divination, divine sentence, witchcraft.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/qesem-h7081

## Occurrences

- [Numbers 22:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/7) — And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake…
- [Numbers 23:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/23) — Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Ja…
- [Deuteronomy 18:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 ob…
- [1 Samuel 15:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/23) — For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, h…
- [2 Kings 17:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/17/17) — And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do ev…
- [Proverbs 16:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/16/10) — A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
- [Jeremiah 14:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/14) — Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them:…
- [Ezekiel 13:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/13/6) — They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that…
- [Ezekiel 13:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/13/23) — Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am t…
- [Ezekiel 21:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/21) — For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he cons…
- [Ezekiel 21:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/21/22) — At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shou…