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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77461" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77461" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: '''''Πύθων''''' ''' (Strong'S #4436 | <div> '''1: '''''Πύθων''''' ''' (Strong'S #4436 — Noun Masculine — puthon — poo'-thone ) </div> <p> (Eng., "python"), in Greek mythology was the name of the Pythian serpent or dragon, dwelling in Pytho, at the foot of mount Parnassus, guarding the oracle of Delphi, and slain by Apollo. [[Thence]] the name was transferred to [[Apollo]] himself. Later the word was applied to diviners or soothsayers, regarded as inspired by Apollo. Since demons are the agents inspiring idolatry, 1—Corinthians 10:20 , the young woman in Acts 16:16 was possessed by a demon instigating the cult of Apollo, and thus had "a spirit of divination." </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69964" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69964" /> == | ||
