φαρμακεία
Transliteration pharmakeia
Pronunciation fär-mä-kā'-ä (Key)
Part of Speech feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology) From φαρμακεύς (G5332)
Vine's Expository Dictionary:
Sorcery:
(Eng., "pharmacy," etc.) primarily signified "the use of medicine, drugs, spells;" then, "poisoning;" then, "sorcery," Gal 5:20, RV, "sorcery" (AV, "witchcraft"), mentioned as one of "the works of the flesh." See also Rev 9:21; 18:23. In the Sept., Exd 7:11, 22; 8:7,18; Isa 47:9, 12. In "sorcery," the use of drugs, whether simple or potent, was generally accompanied by incantations and appeals to occult powers, with the provision of various charms, amulets, etc., professedly designed to keep the applicant or patient from the attention and power of demons, but actually to impress the applicant with the mysterious resources and powers of the sorcerer.
KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strongs G5331 in the following manner: sorcery (2x), witchcraft (1x).
Outline of Biblical Usage
- the use or the administering of drugs
- poisoning
- sorcery, magical arts, often found in connection with idolatry and fostered by it
- 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.
Strong's Number G5331 matches the Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeia),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the Greek concordance of the KJV
Gal 5:20
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
Rev 9:21
And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
Rev 18:23
“The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.