pharmakeus


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sorcerer.
Original Word: φαρμακεύς
Transliteration: pharmakeus
Phonetic Spelling: (far-mak-yoos')
Short Definition: sorcerer
Word Origin
variant reading for pharmakos, q.v.
sorcerer.

From pharmakon (a drug, i.e. Spell-giving potion); a druggist ("pharmacist") or poisoner, i.e. (by extension) a magician -- sorcerer.


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