noun · masculine
farmakos
Greekφάρμακος (farmakos)
Strong’sG5333
a magician, sorcerer
stem farmak-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
φαρμακός, -ή, -όν
[in LXX for מְכַשֵׁף, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5333 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfar-mak-os'
Fromthe same as 5332
King Jamessorcerer.
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 | farmakos | farmakois1×φάρμακοι |
| object accusative | farmakon | farmakoin |
| direct address vocative | farmakor | farmakoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | farmakou | farmakoiu |
| to, for dative | farmako | farmakoi |
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
farmako 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
farmakois“sorcerers”subjectnominative plural1×
Revelation 22:15“sorcerers”exō tois kuōnois kai tois farmakois kai tois pornois kai tois foneuois kai tois eidōlolatrois kai pantos filarōtos kai poiarōtos pseusem.But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.