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Exodus 8

Ex. 8:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the magicians
chartom (Hebrew #2748)
a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles)
KJV usage: magician.
Pronounce: khar-tome'
Origin: from the same as 2747
did
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
so with their enchantments
lat (Hebrew #3909)
properly, covered, i.e. secret; by implication, incantation; also secrecy or (adverb) covertly
KJV usage: enchantment, privily, secretly, softly.
Pronounce: lawt
Origin: a form of 3814 or else participle from 3874
to bring forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
lice
ken (Hebrew #3654)
a gnat (from infixing its sting; used only in plural (and irreg. in Exod. 8:17,18; Heb. 13:14))
KJV usage: lice, X manner.
Pronounce: kane
Origin: from 3661 in the sense of fastening
, but they could
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
notx: so there were lice
ken (Hebrew #3654)
a gnat (from infixing its sting; used only in plural (and irreg. in Exod. 8:17,18; Heb. 13:14))
KJV usage: lice, X manner.
Pronounce: kane
Origin: from 3661 in the sense of fastening
upon man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
, and upon beast
bhemah (Hebrew #929)
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
KJV usage: beast, cattle.
Pronounce: be-hay-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
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Gen. 41:8• 8And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the scribes of Egypt, and all the sages who were therein, and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none to interpret them to Pharaoh. (Gen. 41:8)
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Isa. 19:12• 12Where are they then, thy wise men? Let them now tell thee, and let them make known what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. (Isa. 19:12)
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Isa. 47:12• 12Stand now with thine enchantments and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to turn them to profit, if so be thou mayest cause terror. (Isa. 47:12)
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Dan. 2:10• 10The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean. (Dan. 2:10)

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Beast,
Enchantments,
Lice,
Magician,
Man

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the magicians.
Ex. 7:11• 11And Pharaoh also called the sages and the sorcerers; and they too, the scribes of Egypt, did so with their enchantments: (Ex. 7:11)
they could.
Ex. 9:11• 11And the scribes could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the scribes, and on all the Egyptians. (Ex. 9:11)
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Gen. 41:8• 8And it came to pass in the morning, that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the scribes of Egypt, and all the sages who were therein, and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none to interpret them to Pharaoh. (Gen. 41:8)
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Isa. 19:12• 12Where are they then, thy wise men? Let them now tell thee, and let them make known what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. (Isa. 19:12)
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Isa. 47:12‑13• 12Stand now with thine enchantments and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to turn them to profit, if so be thou mayest cause terror.
 13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the interpreters of the heavens, the observers of the stars, who predict according to the new moons what shall come upon thee, stand up, and save thee. (Isa. 47:12‑13)
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Dan. 2:10‑11• 10The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean.
 11For the thing that the king demandeth is extraordinary, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. (Dan. 2:10‑11)
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Dan. 4:7• 7Then came in the scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation of it. (Dan. 4:7)
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Dan. 5:8• 8Then came in all the king's wise men, but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation. (Dan. 5:8)
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Luke 10:18• 18And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning falling out of heaven. (Luke 10:18)
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2 Tim. 3:8‑9• 8Now in the same manner in which Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, thus these also withstand the truth; men corrupted in mind, found worthless as regards the faith.
 9But they shall not advance farther; for their folly shall be completely manifest to all, as that of those also became. (2 Tim. 3:8‑9)
• Moses works signs. The magicians imitate them by the power of Satan, in order to harden Pharaoh’s heart. But when the question is of creating life, they are forced to recognize the hand of God. (“Exodus 5-13” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the scribes did so with their sorceries, to bring forth gnats; but they could not. And the gnats were on man and on beast.