BDB2514 [H2267]

חֶ֫בֶר noun [masculine] company, association, spell — absolute חָ֑בֶר Deut 18:11 + 2 t.; construct חֶבֶר Hos 6:9 plural חֲבָרִים Ps 58:6, suffix חֲבָרַיִךְ Isa 47:9; Isa 47:11 —

1. company, band of (bad) priests Hos 6:9.

2. association, society (abstract), only in בֵּית חָ֑בֶר Prov 21:9 = Prov 25:24 house of association, i. e. shared with a contentious woman (house in common, see RVm VB).

3. spell :
\ \ a. as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with חָבַר (q. v.) Deut 18:11; Ps 58:6.
\ \ b. alone, of Babylonian magic Isa 47:9; Isa 47:11 (see Len Chald. Magic [1878]; Magie u. Wahrsage-kunst 1878; Scholz^{G-tzendienst u. Zauberwesen, 1877. 80 ff.} Say^{TBA iii. 145 ff and Rel,. Bab 396 ff., 440 ff.}).

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