Bewitch <1,,940, baskaino>
primarily, "to slander, to prate about anyone;" then "to bring evil on a person by feigned praise, or mislead by an evil eye, and so to charm, bewitch" (Eng., "fascinate" is connected), is used figuratively in Gal 3:1, of leading into evil doctrine.
<2,,1839, existemi>
is rendered "bewitch" in Act 8:9, Act 8:11, AV, concerning Simon the sorcerer; it does not mean "to bewitch," as in the case of the preceding verb, but "to confuse, amaze" (RV). See AMAZE, B. No. 1.
