Pharmakeia means “sorcery” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5331 — netsach (“end”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5331 φαρμακεία (pharmakeia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pharmakeia (far-mak-ei'-ah) n. 1. the use of drugs, potions, and enchantments 2. poisoning ("pharmacy") It has 3 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include witchcraft. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
pharmakeia (far-mak-ei'-ah) n. 1. the use of drugs, potions, and enchantments 2. poisoning ("pharmacy") 3. (by extension) the occult, witchcraft 4. (by implication) the remedy, the cure {literally or figuratively} [from G5332] KJV: sorcery, witchcraft Root(s): G5332 Compare: G5333, G3095
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5331. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
sorcery
Usage: 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 English word each shown verse actually uses to render pharmakeia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
First 3 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5331.
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5331, grouped by book.
Pharmakeia (Strong's G5331) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sorcery". pharmakeia (far-mak-ei'-ah) n. 1. the use of drugs, potions, and enchantments 2. poisoning ("pharmacy")
This page currently indexes 3 linked usages for Strong's G5331 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5331 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as witchcraft. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.