יִדְּעֹנִי

yid.d.o.ni

spiritist

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Strong’s H3049Noun, masculine11 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

soothsayers7

soothsayer2

a soothsayer1

a familiar spirit1

In the text

Leviticus 19:31הַיִּדְּעֹנִים
You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 18:11וְיִדְּעֹנִי
casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
1 Samuel 28:3הַיִּדְּעֹנִים
Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
2 Kings 21:6וְיִדְּעֹנִים
He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
2 Chronicles 33:6וְיִדְּעוֹנִי
He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Isaiah 8:19הַיִּדְּעֹנִים
When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Brown-Driver-Briggs

יִדְּעֹנִי n.m. familiar spirit (prop. either as knowing, wise (acquianted with secrets of unseen world); or as intimate acquaintance of soothsayer)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.