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NASB					Acts 16:16 ¶ It happened¹⁰⁹⁶ that as we were going⁴¹⁹⁸ to ^Athe place⁴³³⁵ of prayer⁴³³⁵, a slave-girl³⁸¹⁴ having²¹⁹² ^Ba spirit⁴¹⁵¹ of divination⁴⁴³⁶ met⁵²²¹ us, who³⁷⁴⁸ was bringing³⁹³⁰ her masters²⁹⁶² much⁴¹⁸³ profit²⁰³⁹ by fortune-telling³¹³².
AMPLIFIED 2015					Acts 16:16 ¶ It happened that as we were on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave-girl who had ¹a spirit of divination [that is, a demonic spirit claiming to foretell the future and discover hidden knowledge], and she brought her owners a good profit by fortune-telling.

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Lit a python spirit. In Greek mythology, Python the earth-dragon (serpent goddess), was associated with the oracle at Delphi.

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Acts 16:13 And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.

Lev 19:31 ¶ 'Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

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Greek Heb.

1096

ginomai; from a prim. root gen-; to come into being, to happen, to become:--accomplished(1), appeared(3), arise(1), arises(2), arose(6), arrived(3), became(53), become(83), becomes(8), becoming(2), been(12), been brought(1), been done(1), been made(2), been...came(1), began(1), behaved(1), being(2), come into being(1), being carried(1), being done(2), being made(2), born(5), breaking*(1), came(45), came into being(2), came to pass(2), come(16), comes(1), comes to pass(1), coming(1), dawn(1), decided*(1), developing(1), done(20), drawing(1), during(1), elapsed(1), existed*(1), falling(1), feeling(1), fell(6), finished(1), followed(1), formed(3), found(2), get(4), give(1), got(1), granted(1), grown*(1), had(1), happen(6), happened(46), happening(5), happens(3), has(3), join*(1), joined(3), made(15), occur(3), occurred(18), performed(4), prove(7), proved(6), proving(1), put(1), reached(2), realized(1), results(2), show(1), spent(1), split(1), spoken(1), starting(1), take place(16), taken(2), taken place(5), takes place(1), taking place(3), there arose(1), thundered*(1), took place(7), turned(1), turns(3), would(1).

2039

ergasia; from 2041; work (noun):--business(2), effort(1), practice(1), profit(2).

2192

echô; a prim. vb.; to have, hold:--ability(1), able(1), accompany(1), acknowledge*(1), am(2), become(1), been(3), being(1), being under(1), bringing(1), conceived*(1), consider(2), considered(2), could(2), derive(1), deriving(1), devoid*(1), enjoyed(1), experiencing(1), felt(1), following(1), get(2), gripped(1), had(80), has(134), have(283), have had(2), having(50), held(1), hold(5), holding(7), holds(2), ill*(5), incurring(1), involves(1), keep(3), keeping(3), kept(1), maintain(1), maintained(1), maintaining(1), meets(1), nearby(1), next(2), obliged*(1), obtain(2), obtained(1), owned(3), possess(2), possessed(4), possesses(1), receive(1), received(1), recover*(1), regard(2), regarded(1), reigns*(1), remember*(1), retain(1), seize(1), show(1), think*(1), unable*(1), under(1), under*(1), use(1), without*(3).

2962

kurios; from kuros (authority); lord, master:--lord(10), Lord(626), Lord of lords(2), Lord's(12), lords(1), master(38), master's(3), masters(8), masters'(1), owner(6), owners(1), sir(11), sirs(1).

3132

manteuomai; from mantis (a seer); to divine:--fortune-telling(1).

3748

hostis,
hêtis,
ho ti; from 3739 and 5100; whoever, anyone who:--after(1), because(1), everyone who(1), one who(1), ones who(1), these(2), these...matters which(1), this(3), what(1), whatever things(1), which(29), who(61), whoever(9), whoever*(3), yet(1).

3814

paidiskê; dim. of 3816; a young girl, maidservant:--bondwoman(5), servant-girl(4), servant-girls(1), slave-girl(2), slaves*(1), women(1).

3930

parechô; from 3844 and 2192; to furnish, to present:--became(1), bother*(3), bothers*(1), bringing(2), cause(1), furnished(1), give rise(1), grant(2), offer(1), show(1), showed(1), supplies(1).

4151

pneuma; from 4154; wind, spirit:--breath(3), Spirit(241), spirit(101), spirits(32), spiritual(1), wind(1), winds(1).

4183

polus; a prim. word; much, many:--all(3), better(1), deep(1), earnestly(3), enough(1), even more(1), few*(1), freely(1), full(1), further(1), further*(3), great(33), greater(4), greater numbers(1), greatly(5), hard(2), harshly(1), heartily(1), high price(1), large(30), large numbers(1), large sums(1), larger(1), late*(2), lengthy(1), long(5), longer(1), loudly(1), majority(3), many(181), many more(1), many people(1), many subjects(1), many things(17), many...things(4), more(25), more numerous(1), most(8), most people's(1), much(50), often(1), plentiful(2), quite(2), several(1), some(1), something greater(2), strict(1), terrible(1), very(1), very large(1), very long(1), very much(1).

4198

poreuomai; from poros (a ford, passage); to go:--accompany*(1), am on my way(1), depart(1), departed(1), departure(1), following(3), go(69), go on their way(1), go away(1), goes(7), going(15), going away(2), gone(3), indulge(1), journey(1), journeying(2), leave(1), proceed(1), proceeded(2), pursued a course(1), sets(1), started(3), traveling(3), walking(1), way(6), went(22), went His way(1), went on their way(1), went their way(1).

4335

proseuchê; from 4336; prayer:--earnestly(1), place of prayer(2), prayer(20), prayers(14).

4436

puthôn; from Puthô (Pytho, an area of Greece); Python, a mythical serpent slain by Apollo, divination:--divination(1).

5221

hupantaô; from 5259 and antaô (to meet face to face, meet with); to go to meet, to meet:--encounter(1), met(7), went and met(1), went to meet(1).

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