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1. In Dan. 1: 20; Dan. 2: 2, 10, 27; Dan. 4: 7; Dan. 5: 7, 11, 15 the
Hebrew word is ashshaph, signifying 'enchanter, magician;' one who practised occult arts. This word occurs nowhere else.
2. habar shamayim, one who viewed or divided the heavens, an astrologer, who professed to foretell events by the position of the planets. Isa. 47: 13. Babylon was wearied with its various counsellors, who doubtless often differed one from another; but it had no other resource, so it turned to its astrologers, stargazers, etc.
See DIVINATION.