noun · feminine

farmakeias

Greekφαρμακεία (farmakeia)

Strong’sG5331

magic, sorcery, enchantment

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

Translated as

sorcery2×

What it means

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.

Every form

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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

farmakeias“sorcery”subjectnominative singular1×

Galatians 5:20“sorcery”eidōlolatrias, farmakeias, echthrais, eras, zēlos, thumois, eritheiais, dichostasiais, hairesiais,idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

farmakeia“sorcery”to, fordative singular1×

Revelation 18:23“sorcery”kai fōtem luchnou ouk mē fainateia en si ēti, kai fōnas numfiou kai numfau ouk mē akouiteia en si ēti; hoti tois emporois su ale tois megistanois tau gēau, hoti en ta farmakeia su planila panteim teim ethneim,The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will 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.”