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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:20 - idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:21 - And they did not repent of their murders or their witchcraft or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:23 - The light of a lamp
will never shine in you again.
The happy voices of brides and grooms
will never be heard in you again.
For your merchants were the greatest in the world,
and you deceived the nations with your sorceries.
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