noun · neuter
farmakem
Greekφάρμακον (farmakon)
Strong’sG5331
magic, sorcery, enchantment
stem farmak-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
φάρμακον, -ου, τό,
[in LXX for כֶּשֶׁף;]
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 or object direct | farmakem | farmakeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | farmakeu | farmakeiu1×φαρμάκων |
| to, for dative | farmake | farmakei |
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
farmake 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
farmakeiu“sorceries”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Revelation 9:21“sorceries”kai ouk metanoala ek toiu fonoiu autoiu oute ek teiu farmakeiu autoiu oute ek tau porneiau autoiu oute ek teiu klemmeiu autoiu.Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.