noun · masculine
farmakos
Greekφαρμακός (farmakos)
Strong’sG5332
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 G5332 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfar-mak-yoos'
a druggist ("pharmacist") or poisoner, i.e. (by extension) a magician
Fromfrom φάρμακον (a drug, i.e. spell-giving potion);
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 | farmakois |
| object accusative | farmakon | farmakoin |
| direct address vocative | farmakor | farmakoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | farmakou | farmakoiu |
| to, for dative | farmako | farmakoi1×φαρμάκοις |
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
farmakoi“sorcerers”to, fordative plural1×
Revelation 21:8“sorcerers”toi de deiloi kai apistoi kai bdelusserētoi kai foneuoi kai pornoi kai farmakoi kai eidōlolatroi kai pantoi toi pseudoi tem merem autoiu en ta limna ta kaiirōta pure kai theie, hem atō tos thanatos tos deuteros.But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”