ΦΑΡΜΑΚΕΥΣΑΣ, φαρμακευσας
PHARMAKEUSAS, pharmakeusas
Sounds Like: far-ma-KEV-sas
Translations: having practiced sorcery, having used drugs, having poisoned, having administered medicine
From the root: ΦΑΡΜΑΚΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active participle of the verb ΦΑΡΜΑΚΕΥΩ. It describes someone who has engaged in the act of preparing or administering drugs, medicines, or poisons. In ancient contexts, it often carried the connotation of sorcery, witchcraft, or the use of magical potions, as the line between medicine, poison, and magic was often blurred. It can also simply mean to administer medicine or to poison someone.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Aorist Active Participle
Strong’s number: G5331 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 10:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΑΡΜΑΚΕΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΦΑΡΜΑΚΕΥΕΤΟ — he practiced sorcery, he practiced magic, he used enchantments, he used drugs, he administered drugs
- ΦΑΡΜΑΚΕΥΟΜΕΝΗ — being enchanted, being bewitched, being poisoned, being drugged, being practiced with drugs, being practiced with sorcery
- ΦΑΡΜΑΚΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΥ — being bewitched, being enchanted, being poisoned, being drugged
- ΦΑΡΜΑΚΕΥΣΕΙΣ — you will practice sorcery, you will use magic, you will administer drugs, you will poison
- ΦΑΡΜΑΚΕΥΩ — practice sorcery, use magic, administer drugs, poison
- ΦΑΡΜΑΚΩΓΟΥΝ — to drug, to poison, to bewitch, to practice sorcery
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