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STRONGS NUMBER G1845

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Word Summary
exorkistēs: an exorcist
Original Word: ἐξορκιστής
Transliteration: exorkistēs
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-or-kis-tace')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: an exorcist
Meaning: an exorcist
Strong's Concordance
exorcist.

From exorkizo; one that binds by an oath (or spell), i.e. (by implication) an "exorcist" (conjurer) -- exorcist.

see GREEK exorkizo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1845: ἐξορκιστής

ἐξορκιστής, ἐξορκιστου, ὁ (ἐξορκίζω);

1. he who exacts an oath of another.

2. an exorcist, i. e. one who employs a formula of conjuration for expelling demons: Acts 19:13. (Josephus, Antiquities 8, 2, 5; Lucian, epigr. in Anthol. 11,427; often in the church Fathers.)



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