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GreekG5331Noun (Feminine)

φαρμακεία

pharmakeia

2Occurrences
G5331Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

from G5332 (φαρμακεύς);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
poët. and late prose form of φαρμακεία
1.generally, the use of medicine, drugs or spells .
2.
(a)poisoning (Plut., Polyb.)
(b)sorcery, witchcraft
LXX: (3, 14) (לָט, חַרְטֹם), (כֶּשֶׁף) *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

φαρμακεία appears 2 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Galatians
1
Revelation
1

Key Passages

Galatians 5:20BSB

idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

Revelation 18:23BSB

The light of a lampwill never shine in you again,and the voices of a bride and bridegroomwill never call out in you again.For your merchants were the great ones of the earth,because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.