φαρμακεία
pharmakeía · G5331 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to practice magic, to cast spells upon, to engage in sorcery, magic, sorcery
The use of magic, often involving drugs and the casting of spells upon people
ExamplesGalatians 5:20 idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions,
Revelation 18:23 and the light of a lamp will never shine in you again; and the voice of the groom and bride will never be heard in you again; for your merchants were the powerful people of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your witchcraft.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύyou 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 2
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Near synonyms 1 word
- μαγεία mageía · G3095 · to practice magic, to employ witchcraft, magic
- Both terms denote the practice of magic. The target derives from a root associated with drugs or potions (pharmaceutical sorcery), while μαγεία is the more general term for magic or enchantment. This is a relationship between a more specific subspecies of magical practice and the general term for the same broader practice.
In the other Testament 1 word
- כֶּשֶׁף kesheph · H3785 · sorcery
- כֶּשֶׁף (kesheph, H3785) (כֶּשֶׁף, 'sorcery, witchcraft') is the direct Hebrew equivalent of φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, G5331), both denoting the practice of magic/sorcery, with the Greek term etymologically rooted in drug-based magical practices and the Hebrew term broadly covering occult manipulation.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To practice magic, to cast spells upon, to engage in sorcery, magic, sorcery53.100
- Revelation 9:21 lists those who did not repent of their murders, “nor of their witchcraft”, nor of their sexual immorality nor their thefts.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (WH κια, so T (except in Gal 5:20; cf. the Proleg., p. 88); see Iota), φαρμακείας, ἡ…
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 כְּשָׁפִים, Isa 47:9; for לָטִים, Ex 7:22; Ex 8:18; for לְהָטִים, Ex 7:11); tropically, of the deceptions and seductions of idolatry, Rev 18:23.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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