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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79163" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79163" /> == | ||
<div> '''A | <div> '''A — 1: '''''Φαρμακεία''''' ''' (Strong'S #5331 — Noun [[Feminine]] — pharmakia[-eia] — far-mak-i'-ah ) </div> <p> (Eng., "pharmacy," etc.) primarily signified "the use of medicine, drugs, spells;" then, "poisoning;" then, "sorcery," Galatians 5:20 , RV, "sorcery" (AV, "witchcraft"), mentioned as one of "the works of the flesh." See also Revelation 9:21; 18:23 . In the Sept., Exodus 7:11,22; 8:7,18; Isaiah 47:9,12 . In "sorcery," the use of drugs, whether simple or potent, was generally accompanied by incantations and appeals to occult powers, with the provision of various charms, amulets, etc., professedly designed to keep the applicant or patient from the attention and power of demons, but actually to impress the applicant with the mysterious resources and powers of the sorcerer. </p> <div> '''A — 2: '''''Μαγεία''''' ''' (Strong'S #3095 — Noun Feminine — magia[-eia] — mag-i'-ah ) </div> <p> "the magic art," is used in the plural in Acts 8:11 , "sorceries" (see [[Sorcerer]] , No. 1). </p> <div> '''B — 1: '''''Μαγεύω''''' ''' (Strong'S #3096 — Verb — mageuo — mag-yoo'-o ) </div> <p> akin to A, No. 2, "to practice magic," Acts 8:9 , "used sorcery," is used as in A, No. 2, of Simon Magnus. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63425" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63425" /> == | ||
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== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20478" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_20478" /> == | ||
<p> Magic, conjuration. </p> <p> See CHARMS and | <p> Magic, conjuration. </p> <p> See CHARMS and [[Witchcraft]] </p> | ||
== Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_19080" /> == | == Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_19080" /> == |