divination 音标拼音: [d
, ɪvən'eʃən]
n . 占卜,卜卦,预测
占卜,卜卦,预测
divination n 1 :
successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck 2 :
a prediction uttered under divine inspiration [
synonym :
{
prophecy }, {
divination }]
3 :
the art or gift of prophecy (
or the pretense of prophecy )
by supernatural means [
synonym : {
divination }, {
foretelling },
{
soothsaying }, {
fortune telling }]
Divination \
Div `
i *
na "
tion \,
n . [
L .
divinatio ,
fr .
divinare ,
divinatum ,
to foresee ,
foretell ,
fr .
divinus :
cf .
F .
divination .
See {
Divine }.]
1 .
The act of divining ;
a foreseeing or foretelling of future events ;
the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means .
[
1913 Webster ]
There shall not be found among you any one that . .
.
useth divination ,
or an observer of times ,
or an enchanter . --
Deut .
xviii .
10 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
Among the ancient heathen philosophers natural divination was supposed to be effected by a divine afflatus ;
artificial divination by certain rites ,
omens ,
or appearances ,
as the flight of birds ,
entrails of animals ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
An indication of what is future or secret ;
augury omen ;
conjectural presage ;
prediction .
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1913 Webster ]
Birds which do give a happy divination of things to come . --
Sir T .
North .
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1913 Webster ]
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "
divination ":
alchemy ,
astrodiagnosis ,
astrology ,
astromancy ,
augury ,
bewitchery ,
charm ,
clairvoyance ,
crystal ball ,
crystal gazing ,
divining ,
enchantment ,
fetishism ,
fortunetelling ,
genethliacs ,
genethlialogy ,
glamour ,
gramarye ,
halomancy ,
haruspication ,
haruspicy ,
hoodoo ,
horoscopy ,
idolomancy ,
juju ,
jujuism ,
magic ,
mantic ,
mantology ,
natural magic ,
necromancy ,
obeah ,
onomancy ,
palm -
reading ,
palmistry ,
pythonism ,
rune ,
shamanism ,
sorcery ,
sortes Biblicae ,
sortes Homericae ,
sortes Praenestinae ,
sortes Vergilianae ,
sortilege ,
spatulamancy ,
spell ,
spellbinding ,
spellcasting ,
spodomancy ,
stichomancy ,
sycomancy ,
sympathetic magic ,
thaumaturgia ,
thaumaturgics ,
thaumaturgism ,
thaumaturgy ,
theomancy ,
theurgy ,
vampirism ,
voodoo ,
voodooism ,
wanga ,
white magic ,
witchcraft ,
witchery ,
witchwork ,
wizardry ,
xylomancy ,
zoomancy Divination of false prophets (
Deut .
18 :
10 ,
14 ;
Micah 3 :
6 ,
7 ,
11 ),
of necromancers (
1 Sam .
28 :
8 ),
of the Philistine priests and diviners (
1 Sam .
6 :
2 ),
of Balaam (
Josh .
13 :
22 ).
Three kinds of divination are mentioned in Ezek .
21 :
21 ,
by arrows ,
consulting with images (
the teraphim ),
and by examining the entrails of animals sacrificed .
The practice of this art seems to have been encouraged in ancient Egypt .
Diviners also abounded among the aborigines of Canaan and the Philistines (
Isa .
2 :
6 ;
1 Sam .
28 ).
At a later period multitudes of magicians poured from Chaldea and Arabia into the land of Israel ,
and pursued their occupations (
Isa .
8 :
19 ;
2 Kings 21 :
6 ;
2 Chr .
33 :
6 ).
This superstition widely spread ,
and in the time of the apostles there were "
vagabond Jews ,
exorcists " (
Acts 19 :
13 ),
and men like Simon Magus (
Acts 8 :
9 ),
Bar -
jesus (
13 :
6 ,
8 ),
and other jugglers and impostors (
19 :
19 ;
2 Tim .
3 :
13 ).
Every species and degree of this superstition was strictly forbidden by the law of Moses (
Ex .
22 :
18 ;
Lev .
19 :
26 ,
31 ;
20 :
27 ;
Deut .
18 :
10 ,
11 ).
But beyond these various forms of superstition ,
there are instances of divination on record in the Scriptures by which God was pleased to make known his will .
(
1 .)
There was divination by lot ,
by which ,
when resorted to in matters of moment ,
and with solemnity ,
God intimated his will (
Josh .
7 :
13 ).
The land of Canaan was divided by lot (
Num .
26 :
55 ,
56 );
Achan '
s guilt was detected (
Josh .
7 :
16 -
19 ),
Saul was elected king (
1 Sam .
10 :
20 ,
21 ),
and Matthias chosen to the apostleship ,
by the solem lot (
Acts 1 :
26 ).
It was thus also that the scape -
goat was determined (
Lev .
16 :
8 -
10 ).
(
2 .)
There was divination by dreams (
Gen .
20 :
6 ;
Deut .
13 :
1 ,
3 ;
Judg .
7 :
13 ,
15 ;
Matt .
1 :
20 ;
2 :
12 ,
13 ,
19 ,
22 ).
This is illustrated in the history of Joseph (
Gen .
41 :
25 -
32 )
and of Daniel (
2 :
27 ;
4 :
19 -
28 ).
(
3 .)
By divine appointment there was also divination by the Urim and Thummim (
Num .
27 :
21 ),
and by the ephod .
(
4 .)
God was pleased sometimes to vouch -
safe direct vocal communications to men (
Deut .
34 :
10 ;
Ex .
3 :
4 ;
4 :
3 ;
Deut .
4 :
14 ,
15 ;
1 Kings 19 :
12 ).
He also communed with men from above the mercy -
seat (
Ex .
25 :
22 ),
and at the door of the tabernacle (
Ex .
29 :
42 ,
43 ).
(
5 .)
Through his prophets God revealed himself ,
and gave intimations of his will (
2 Kings 13 :
17 ;
Jer .
51 :
63 ,
64 ).
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