Bible Question: Ed, if the word is derived from sorcery, would it not be a form of sorcery? I dont understand. I get mixed messages on this subject. |
Bible Answer: You miss understood the root word from which Pharmakeia comes means to use drugs. It was translated into sorceries because a minor definition also means to cast spells. See below Greek NASB Number: 5331 Transliterated Word: pharmakeia Root: from pharmakeuo (to administer drugs); Definition: the use of medicine, drugs or spells:-- List of English Words and Number of Times Used sorceries (1), sorcery (2). —NASB Greek-Hebrew Dictionary You running into a danger many run into. Your trying to do a word study without understanding how the original languages have different meanings for words depending on usage. We see it in our language with a word like "cool" it could be referring temperature or it could mean hip or the latest thing. |
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