Word study · Greek

pharmakeía

sorcery, drugs

Say it: far-mak-I-ah (approximate)

φαρμακεία

What it means

Use of drugs, potions, or magic, from which we get "pharmacy." In 5:20 it is in the list of the works of the flesh, and in Revelation it is linked to those excluded from the new Jerusalem.

Range of meaning

  • SorceryMagic arts.
  • Drug useUse of potions.

In Galatians

Every verse (1)

Verses where G5331 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources