Strong's Lexicon
G5331 — φαρμακεία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5331 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φαρμακεία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G5332 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | pharmakeia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | far-mak-ei'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. the use of drugs, potions, and enchantments 2. poisoning ("pharmacy") 3. (by extension) the occult, witchcraft 4. (by implication) the remedy, the cure {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | sorcery, witchcraft |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φαρμακεία (WH κια, so T (except in Gal 5:20; cf. the Proleg., p. 88); see Iota), φαρμακείας, ἡ (φαρμακεύω);
a. the use or the administering of drugs (Xenophon, mem. 4, 2, 17).
b. poisoning (Plato, Polybius, others): Rev 9:21 (here WH text Tr marginal reading φαρμακῶν; many interpretations refer the passage to the next entry).
c. sorcery, magical arts, often found in connection with idolatry and fostered by it: Gal 5:20 (where see Lightfoot) (Wis 12:4 Wis 18:13; for ëÀÌùÈÑôÄéí, Isa 47:9; for ìÈèÄéí, Exo 7:22; Exo 8:18; for ìÀäÈèÄéí, Exo 7:11); tropically, of the deceptions and seductions of idolatry, Rev 18:23.
STRONGS NT 5331: φάρμακον [φάρμακον, φαρμάκου, τό, from Homer down, a drug; an enchantment: Tr marginal reading WH text in Rev 9:21 (R. V. sorceries), for φαρμακεία, which see (in b.).]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φαρμακεία (sorcery)
Galatians 5:20
- KJV: Idolatry witchcraft hatred variance emulations wrath strife seditions heresies
- GK: ειδωλολατρία φαρμακεία έχθραι έρεις ζήλοι θυμοί εριθείαι διχοστασίαι αιρέσεις
Revelation 9:21
- KJV: Neither repented they of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their fornication nor of their thefts
- GK: και ου μετενόησαν εκ των φόνων αυτών ούτε εκ των φαρμακειων αυτών ούτε εκ της πορνείας αυτών ούτε εκ των κλεμμάτων αυτών
Revelation 18:23
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και φως λύχνου ου φανή εν σοι έτι και φωνή νυμφίου και νύμφης ου ακουσθή εν σοι έτι ότι οι έμποροί σου ήσαν οι μεγιστάνες της γης ότι εν τη φαρμακεία σου επλανήθησαν πάντα τα έθνη