farmakeias

Strong’sG5331

magic, sorcery, enchantment

stem farmakei-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

φαρμακία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ

(< φαρμακεύω, to administer drugs)

poët. and late prose form of φαρμακεία,

[in LXX: Ex 7:11, 22 8:7, 18 (3, 14) (לָט, חַרְטֹם), Is 47:9, 12 (כֶּשֶׁף) Wi 12:4 18:13 *;]

1. generally, the use of medicine, drugs or spells (Xen.).

2. (a) poisoning (Plut., Polyb.);

(b) sorcery, witchcraft: Ga 5:20 (v. Lft., in l.), Re 9:21 (WH, txt., φαρμάκων) 18:23 (cf. LXX, ll. c.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5331 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidfar-mak-i'-ah

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

Fromfrom G5332;

King Jamessorcery, witchcraft.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

φαρμᾰκ-είᾱ, ἡ,
use of drugs, especially of purgatives, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ ἄνω φ., i. e. emetics, Refs 4th c.BC+; of abortifacients, Refs 2nd c.AD+: generally, the use of any kind of drugs, potions, or spells, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 poisoning or witchcraft, Refs 4th c.BC+; αἱ περὶ τὰς φαρμακείας, ={αἱ φαρμακίδες}, Refs 4th c.BC+
II metaphorically, remedy, παιδιὰς προσάγειν φαρμακείας χάριν Refs

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

sorcery2×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	farmakeias1×φαρμακεία	farmakeiais
object accusative	farmakeian	farmakeiain
direct address vocative	farmakeiar	farmakeiair
of, belonging to genitive	farmakeiau	farmakeiaiu
to, for dative	farmakeia1×φαρμακείᾳ	farmakeiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

farmakeistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

farmakeia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

farmakeias“sorcery”subjectnominative singular1×

Galatians 5:20eidōlolatrias, farmakeias, echthrais, eridas, zēlos, thumois, eritheiais, dichostasiais, …idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries …

farmakeia“sorcery”to, fordative singular1×

Revelation 18:23… megistanois tau gēau, hoti en ta farmakeia su planila panteim teim ethneim,… the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”