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Strong's G5331 · Greek

φαρμακεία

pharmakeia · far-mak-i'-ah

from 5332; medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

φαρμακία (G5331)

2 φαρμακία (Rec. -εία ), -ας, ἡ ( φαρμακεύω , to administer drugs ) poët. and late prose form of φαρμακεία , [in LXX: Ex 7:11 , 22 8:7 , 18 (3, 14) ( לָט , חַרְטֹם ), Is 47:9 , 12 ( כֶּשֶׁף ) Wi 12:4 18:13 * ;] generally, the use of medicine, drugs or spells (Xen.). (a) poisoning (Plut., Polyb.); sorcery, witchcraft : Ga 5:20 (v. Lft., in l.), Re 9:21 (WH, txt., φαρμάκων ) 18:23 (cf. LXX, ll. c.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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