φαρμακεία

pharmakeia

sorcery

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Strong’s G5331Noun, feminine2 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Galatians1

Revelation1

Translated as

sorcery2

In the text

Galatians 5:20φαρμακεία
idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
Revelation 18:23φαρμακείᾳ
The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”

Abbott-Smith

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)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.