King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5331
Transliteration: pharmakeia
Phonetic Spelling: (far-mak-i'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: the use of medicine, drugs or spells
Meaning: the use of medicine, drugs or spells
φαρμακεία (WH κια, so T (except in Galatians 5:20; cf. the Proleg., p. 88); see Iota), φαρμακείας, ἡ (φαρμακεύω);
Word Summary
pharmakeia: the use of medicine, drugs or spells
Original Word: φαρμακείαTransliteration: pharmakeia
Phonetic Spelling: (far-mak-i'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: the use of medicine, drugs or spells
Meaning: the use of medicine, drugs or spells
Strong's Concordance
sorcery, witchcraft. From pharmakeus; medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively) -- sorcery, witchcraft.
see GREEK pharmakeus
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5331: φαρμακείαφαρμακεία (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. STRONGS NT 5331: φάρμακον [φάρμακον, φαρμάκου, τό, from Homer down, a drug; an enchantment: Tr marginal reading WH text in Revelation 9:21 (R. V. sorceries), for φαρμακεία, which see (in b.).