G5331

φαρμακεία

pharmakeiaG:N-F

sorcery

φαρμακία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ (φαρμακεύω, to administer drugs) poët. and late prose form of φαρμακεία, [in LXX: Exo.7:11, 22 8:7, 18 (3, 14) (לָט, חַרְטֹם), Isa.47:9, 12 (כֶּשֶׁף) Wis.12:4 18:13 * ;] __1. generally, the use of medicine, drugs or spells (Xen.). __2. (a) poisoning (Plut., Polyb.); __(b) sorcery, witchcraft: Gal.5:20 (see Lft., in l), Rev.9:21 (WH, txt., φαρμάκων) Rev.18:23 (cf. LXX, ll. with).† (AS)

The KJV translates G5331 in the following manner:

sorceries (4x), witchcraft (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

φαρμακεία — pharmakeía

φαρμακεία (WH κια, so T (except in Gal 5:20; cf. the Proleg., p. 88); see Iota), φαρμακείας, ἡ (φαρμακεύω);

a. the use or the administering of drugs (Xenophon, mem. 4, 2, 17).

b. poisoning (Plato, Polybius, others): Rev 9:21 (here WH text Tr marginal reading φαρμακῶν; many interpretations refer the passage to the next entry).

c. sorcery, magical arts, often found in connection with idolatry and fostered by it: Gal 5:20 (where see Lightfoot) (Wis 12:4 Wis 18:13; for כְּשָׁפִים, Isa 47:9; for לָטִים, Exo 7:22; Exo 8:18; for לְהָטִים, Exo 7:11); tropically, of the deceptions and seductions of idolatry, Rev 18:23.

STRONGS NT 5331: φάρμακον [φάρμακον, φαρμάκου, τό, from Homer down, a drug; an enchantment: Tr marginal reading WH text in Rev 9:21 (R. V. sorceries), for φαρμακεία, which see (in b.).]

2 occurrences

Galatians (1), Revelation of John (1)