Word Summary
pharmakeus: sorcerer
Original Word: φαρμακεύςTransliteration: pharmakeus
Phonetic Spelling: (far-mak-yoos')
Short Definition: sorcerer
Meaning: sorcerer
Strong's Concordance
sorcerer.
From pharmakon (a drug, i.e. Spell-giving potion); a druggist ("pharmacist") or poisoner, i.e. (by extension) a magician -- sorcerer.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5332: φαρμακεύςφαρμακεύς,
φαρμακεως,
ὁ (
φάρμακον),
one who prepares or uses magical remedies; a sorcerer:
Revelation 21:8 Rec. (Sophicles,
Plato,
Josephus,
Lucian,
Plutarch, others.)