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Lexicon :: Strong's G5331 - pharmakeia

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φαρμακεία
Transliteration
pharmakeia (Key)
Pronunciation
far-mak-i'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
3x in 3 unique form(s) TR
3x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
2x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

†φαρμακεία pharmakeía, far-mak-i'-ah; from G5332; medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively):—sorcery, witchcraft.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G5331 in the following manner: sorcery (2x), witchcraft (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G5331 in the following manner: sorcery (2x), witchcraft (1x).

  1. the use or the administering of drugs

  2. poisoning

  3. sorcery, magical arts, often found in connection with idolatry and fostered by it

  4. metaph. the deceptions and seductions of idolatry

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†φαρμακεία pharmakeía, far-mak-i'-ah; from G5332; medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively):—sorcery, witchcraft.
STRONGS G5331:
φαρμακεία (WH κια, so T (except in Galatians 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): Revelation 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: Galatians 5:20 (where see Lightfoot) (Wis. 12:4 Wis. 18:13; for כְּשָׁפִים, Isaiah 47:9; for לָטִים, Exodus 7:22; Exodus 8:18; for לְהָטִים, Exodus 7:11); tropically, of the deceptions and seductions of idolatry, Revelation 18:23.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
7:11; 7:22; 8:18
Isaiah
47:9
Galatians
5:20; 5:20
Revelation
9:21; 18:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5331 matches the Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeia),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:20 - idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:21 - nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:23 - and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.
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