Strong’s G3132 · Greek
μαντεύομαι
manteúomai · mant-yoo'-om-ahee
Origin from a derivative of μαίνομαι (G3105) (meaning a prophet, as supposed to rave through inspiration);
Meaning to divine, i.e. utter spells (under pretense of foretelling
In the King James Version by soothsaying.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- Acts 16:16And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.