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(Heb. and Chald. àִùָּׁ Š, asshlaph', an enchanter, Dan_1:20; Dan_2:2; Dan_2:10; Dan_2:27; Dan_4:7; Dan_5:7; Dan_5:11; Dan_5:15; once Heb. äåֹáֵø ùָׁîִéִí , hober' shama'yim, sky- divider, i.e. former of horoscopes; Sept. ἀóôñüëïãïò ôïῦ ïὐñáíïῦ ; Vulg. augur caeli, Isa_47:13), a person who professes to divine future events by the appearance of the stars. SEE ASTROLOGY. The Babylonians were anciently famous for this kind of lore (Rawlinson's Herodotus, i, Essay x; Simplicius ad Aristot. De Calo, ii, 123; Pliny, Hist. Nat. 7:56; Vitruv. 9:9). SEE ASTRONOMY.