Definition

properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

• divine(-r
• -ation)
• prudent
• soothsayer
• use (divination)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.