ΦΑΡΜΑΚΑ, φαρμακα
PHARMAKA, pharmaka
Sounds Like: FAR-ma-ka
Translations: drugs, medicines, potions, enchantments, sorceries, magical arts
From the root: ΦΑΡΜΑΚΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to substances that can be used for various purposes, including medicine, poison, or magical potions. In ancient contexts, it often carried the connotation of magical arts or sorcery, especially when used to influence or harm others. It can be used in a sentence to describe the tools or practices of those who engage in such activities.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5331 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 3 — 9:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΑΡΜΑΚΟΝ.
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.
- ΦΑΡΜΑΚ — drug, medicine, poison, charm, spell, sorcery, magic, witchcraft
- ΦΑΡΜΑΚΟ — drug, poison, charm, spell, sorcery, magic, medicine, a drug, a poison, a charm, a spell, a sorcery, a magic, a medicine
- ΦΑΡΜΑΚΟΙΣ — to drugs, to medicines, to poisons, to sorceries, to enchantments, to charms, to spells, to sorcerers, to magicians
- ΦΑΡΜΑΚΟΝ — drug, medicine, remedy, a drug, a medicine, a remedy, poison, a poison, charm, a charm, sorcery, a sorcery
- ΦΑΡΜΑΚΟΥ — of a drug, of a medicine, of a charm, of a spell, of a poison, of a sorcerer, of a magician
- ΦΑΡΜΑΚΩΝ — of drugs, of potions, of sorceries, of enchantments, of magic, of poisons
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