STRONGS G5331:
φαρμακεία (
WH κια, so
T (except in
Galatians 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):
Revelation 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:
Galatians 5:20 (where see
Lightfoot) (Wis. 12:4 Wis. 18:13; for
כְּשָׁפִים,
Isaiah 47:9; for
לָטִים,
Exodus 7:22;
Exodus 8:18; for
לְהָטִים,
Exodus 7:11); tropically, of the deceptions and seductions of idolatry,
Revelation 18:23.
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