Occurs only in Exodus 22:18, as the rendering of mekhashshepheh, the feminine form of the word, meaning "enchantress" (R.V., "sorceress"), and in Deuteronomy 18:10, as the rendering of mekhashshepheth, the masculine form of the word, meaning "enchanter."

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A cone of paper which is placed in a vessel of lard or other fat, and used as a taper.

2. (n.) One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.

3. (n.) An ugly old woman; a hag.

4. (n.) One who exercises more than common power of attraction; a charming or bewitching person; also, one given to mischief; -- said especially of a woman or child.

5. (n.) A certain curve of the third order, described by Maria Agnesi under the name versiera.

6. (n.) The stormy petrel.

7. (v. t.) To bewitch; to fascinate; to enchant.