קַנְטֵר, Y. Yoma I, 38ᵈ top כד … מְקַנְטְרָה וכ׳ when he wanted to rebuke R. L. b. J., he used to say, ‘formerly (the Lord was) was with him’ (allusion to I Chr. IX, 20); Y. Meg. I, 72ᵃ bot. למקנתרה. Y. Maasr. III, end, 51ᵃ מְקַנְתֵּר לאילין וכ׳ chided those teachers of the Agadoth, and called the latter charm-books. Y. Sot. I, 16ᵈ bot. הוי היא דו מקנתר לון (not הרי) it is this for which he chides them (I Sam. II, 29); a. e.