Strong G5331φαρμακεία
sorcery
- Transliteration
- pharmakeia
- Pronunciation
- far-mak-i'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G5332; medication (pharmacy) that is (by extension) magic (literal or figurative): - sorcery witchcraft.
Detailed definition
φαρμακία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ
(φαρμακεύω, to administer drugs)
poët. and late prose form of φαρμακεία,
[in LXX: Exo.7:11, 22 8:7, 18 (3, 14) (לָט, חַרְטֹם), Isa.47:9, 12 (כֶּשֶׁף) Wis.12:4 18:13 *;]
1. generally, the use of medicine, drugs or spells (Xen.).
2. (a) poisoning (Plut., Polyb.);
__(b) sorcery, witchcraft: Gal.5:20 (see Lft., in l), Rev.9:21 (WH, txt., φαρμάκων) Rev.18:23 (cf. LXX, ll. with).†
(AS)
(φαρμακεύω, to administer drugs)
poët. and late prose form of φαρμακεία,
[in LXX: Exo.7:11, 22 8:7, 18 (3, 14) (לָט, חַרְטֹם), Isa.47:9, 12 (כֶּשֶׁף) Wis.12:4 18:13 *;]
1. generally, the use of medicine, drugs or spells (Xen.).
2. (a) poisoning (Plut., Polyb.);
__(b) sorcery, witchcraft: Gal.5:20 (see Lft., in l), Rev.9:21 (WH, txt., φαρμάκων) Rev.18:23 (cf. LXX, ll. with).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5331 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sorcery2
- witchcraft1
First verses
- Galatians 5:20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
- Revelation 9:21Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
- Revelation 18:23And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
φαρμᾰκ-είᾱ, ἡ,
use of drugs, especially of purgatives, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.24, 2.36 (both _plural_), “PCair.Zen.” 18.5 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.447, etc.)]; αἱ ἄνω φ., i. e. emetics, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 962a3)]; of abortifacients, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.59)]: generally, the use of any kind of drugs, potions, or spells, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 933b: _plural_, [prev. author] “Prt.” 354a, “Ti.” 89b, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 535.9.)]
2 poisoning or witchcraft, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40 57, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.13.4, “POxy.” 486.21 (2nd c.AD))]; αἱ περὶ τὰς φαρμακείας, ={αἱ φαρμακίδες}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 572a22.)]
II metaphorically, remedy, παιδιὰς προσάγειν φαρμακείας χάριν [Refs ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1337b41.)]
use of drugs, especially of purgatives, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.24, 2.36 (both _plural_), “PCair.Zen.” 18.5 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.447, etc.)]; αἱ ἄνω φ., i. e. emetics, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 962a3)]; of abortifacients, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.59)]: generally, the use of any kind of drugs, potions, or spells, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 933b: _plural_, [prev. author] “Prt.” 354a, “Ti.” 89b, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 535.9.)]
2 poisoning or witchcraft, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40 57, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.13.4, “POxy.” 486.21 (2nd c.AD))]; αἱ περὶ τὰς φαρμακείας, ={αἱ φαρμακίδες}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 572a22.)]
II metaphorically, remedy, παιδιὰς προσάγειν φαρμακείας χάριν [Refs ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1337b41.)]