4.9.4 Miracle, supernatural power

Use this domain for words related to miracles--the use of supernatural power to do something good.

Louw Nida Codes:

12B Supernatural Powers

What words refer to supernatural power?

supernatural power, miraculous power, might, force, omnipotence, almighty, all-powerful,

What words refer to performing a miracle?

perform a miracle, produce a miracle, do a miracle

What words refer to the event of a miracle?

miracle, miraculous event, sign, wonder, magic

What words describe a miracle?

miraculous,

What words refer to a person who can perform miracles?

miracle worker, prophet

4.9.4.1 Sorcery

Use this domain for words related to sorcery--the use of supernatural power to do something bad.

OMC Codes:

789 Magic

754 Sorcery

755 Magical and Mental Therapy

Louw Nida Codes:

53J Magic

What words refer to doing something using sorcery?

practice sorcery, do magic, work magic, cast a spell, put a spell on, put a curse on, bewitch, conjure, invoke, enchant, bedevil, entrance (v), mesmerize, wave a wand, jinx,

What words refer to the practice of sorcery?

sorcery, magic (n), witchcraft, black magic, voodoo, voodooism, witchery, wizardry, occult, necromancy,

What words refer to something that someone does using sorcery?

spell, curse, hex, enchantment, charm, incantation,

What is a person called who practices sorcery?

sorcerer, magician, witch, wizard, shaman, witchdoctor, conjuror, necromancer, warlock, charmer, medicine man, alchemist, medium,

What words describe someone or something that can do magic?

have magical powers, magic (adj), magical, supernatural, occult, mystic, weird,

What words describe someone who has been bewitched?

charmed, bewitched, spellbound, haunted,

What words refer to protecting someone from sorcery?

ward off,

What things are used when performing sorcery?

charm, amulet, evil eye, talisman, fetish, wand, rod, divining rod, magic ring, philosopher's stone, magic carpet, cauldron,

What words are used when performing sorcery?

abracadabra, open sesame,

What words refer to malevolent supernatural power?

malevolent power, evil force, Satanic force, demonic power, black magic

4.9.4.2 Demon possession

Use this domain for words referring to demon possession--when a demon or spirit influences or controls the behavior of a person. Use this domain for all words related to the relationship between spirits and people, including communication between people and spirits. Also use this domain for words referring to casting out demons--causing a demon to stop influencing or controlling a person.

Louw Nida Codes:

53K Exorcism

What words refer to being influenced or controlled by a demon?

be possessed, be demonized, go into a trance,

What words refer to what demons do to people?

possess, inhabit, demonize, torture, haunt, trouble

What words refer to casting out a demon?

cast out a demon, exorcise, drive out, expel, deliver/free/release from demonic power/influence

What words refer to a person who casts out demons?

exorcist

4.9.4.3 Bless

Use this domain for words related to blessing someone--saying something that causes something good to happen, or requests God to do something good to someone.

Louw Nida Codes:

33C" Bless, Curse

What words refer to blessing someone?

bless, pronounce a blessing, give a blessing, bestow a blessing, invoke,

What words refer to what is said in blessing?

blessing, benediction,

4.9.4.4 Curse

Use this domain for words related to cursing someone.

Louw Nida Codes:

33C" Bless, Curse

What words refer to cursing someone?

curse, put/place a curse on, be under a curse, be cursed

What words refer to the curse place on someone?

curse, anathema,

4.9.4.5 Destiny

Use this domain for words related to destiny--decisions and actions by God, spirits, or by impersonal forces that determine or influence what happens to a person.

OMC Codes:

777 Luck and Chance

What words refer to the decisions God makes concerning what happens to a person?

God's will, providence

What words refer to an impersonal force that determines what happens to a person?

destiny, fate, fortune, luck, chance, throw of the dice

What words refer to something to which a person or thing is destined?

destiny, fate

4.9.4.6 Prophecy

Use this domain for words referring to speaking for God, including foretelling the future through divine knowledge.

Louw Nida Codes:

33A" Prophesy

33X Foretell, Tell Fortunes

What words refer to being able to speak for God or deliver a message from God?

prophesy, foretell the future, predict the future

What words refer to what is said?

prophecy, prediction, prophetic utterance

What is a person called who speaks for God or foretells the future?

prophet, prophetess

What words describe something said in prophecy?

prophetic

4.9.4.7 Omen, divination

Use this domain for words related to supernatural knowledge.

OMC Codes:

787 Revelation and Divination

What words refer to supernatural knowledge?

supernatural knowledge, foreknowledge, supernatural insight, ability to interpret dreams,

What words refer to being able to divine secrets?

divine, read the signs, foretell the future

What words refer to the practice of divining secrets?

divination, palmistry, fortune telling, astrology

What is a person called who can divine secrets?

diviner, fortuneteller, astrologer

What words describe someone who can divine secrets?

clairvoyant,

What words refer to something showing what will happen in the future?

augur, betoken, bode, forebode, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, ominous, portend, prefigure, presage,

What words refer to something that shows or tells a secret?

omen, sign, harbinger, portent, presage, foreshadowing, message from the beyond

What methods are used to divine secrets?

interpret dreams, read palms, read tea leaves, read cards, read the stars, consult your horoscope, look into a crystal ball, play with a Ouija board, examine the entrails of an animal