A pretender to supernatural knowledge and power, "a knowing one," as the original Hebrew word signifies. Such an one was forbidden on pain of death to practise his deceptions (Leviticus 19:31; 20:6, 27; 1 Samuel 28:3; Isaiah 8:19; 19:3).

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A wise man; a sage.

2. (n.) One devoted to the black art; a magician; a conjurer; a sorcerer; an enchanter.

3. (a.) Enchanting; charming.

4. (a.) Haunted by wizards.