5333. pharmakos
Strong's Lexicon
pharmakos: Sorcerer, magician

Original Word: φαρμακός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: pharmakos
Pronunciation: far-mak-os'
Phonetic Spelling: (far-mak-os')
Definition: Sorcerer, magician
Meaning: a magician, sorcerer.

Word Origin: Derived from φάρμακον (pharmakon), meaning "a drug" or "a spell."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with similar practices is כָּשַׁף (kashaph), Strong's Hebrew 3784, which means "to practice sorcery" or "to enchant."

Usage: The term "pharmakos" refers to individuals who practice sorcery or witchcraft, often involving the use of drugs, potions, or spells to manipulate or control spiritual forces. In the New Testament, it is used to describe those who engage in occult practices, which are condemned as contrary to the worship of the one true God.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Greco-Roman world, sorcery and magic were common practices. Sorcerers, or "pharmakoi," were believed to have the power to influence the spiritual realm through the use of potions and incantations. These practices were often associated with idolatry and pagan rituals. The early Christian community, rooted in Jewish monotheism, rejected such practices as they were seen as attempts to usurp God's authority and rely on demonic powers.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 5333 phármakos – properly, a sorcerer; used of people using drugs and "religious incantations" to drug people into living by their illusions – like having magical (supernatural) powers to manipulate God into giving them more temporal possessions.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from pharmakon (a drug)
Definition
a poisoner, sorcerer, magician
NASB Translation
sorcerers (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5333: φάρμακος

φάρμακος, φαρμακη, φάρμακον (φαρμάσσω (to use a φάρμακον)) (from Aristophanes down);

1. pertaining to magical arts.

2. φάρμακος, a substantive, i. e. φαρμακεύς, which see: Revelation 21:8 G L T Tr WH; Revelation 22:15. (The Sept. several times for מְכַשֵּׁף.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
sorcerer.

The same as pharmakeus -- sorcerer.

Forms and Transliterations
φαρμακοι φαρμακοί φαρμακοὶ φάρμακοι φαρμακοις φαρμακοίς φαρμακοῖς φαρμάκοις φαρμακός φαρμακού φαρμακούς φαρμακων φαρμακών φαρμάκων φαρουρείμ φάρυγγα φάρυγγά φάρυγγος φάρυγξ φασέκ pharmakoi pharmakoì pharmakois pharmakoîs pharmakon pharmakōn pharmákon pharmákōn
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Englishman's Concordance
Revelation 9:21 N-GNP
GRK: ἐκ τῶν φαρμάκων αὐτῶν οὔτε
INT: of the sorceries of them nor

Revelation 21:8 N-DMP
GRK: πόρνοις καὶ φαρμακοῖς καὶ εἰδωλολάτραις
NAS: and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters
INT: the sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters

Revelation 22:15 N-NMP
GRK: καὶ οἱ φαρμακοὶ καὶ οἱ
NAS: are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons
KJV: and sorcerers, and
INT: and the sorcerers and the

Strong's Greek 5333
3 Occurrences


φαρμάκων — 1 Occ.
φαρμακοὶ — 1 Occ.
φαρμακοῖς — 1 Occ.

















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