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G4436 — Πύθων
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
Puthon (poo'-thone) n/p.
1. a Python
2. (by analogy, with the supposed diviner there) inspiration (soothsaying)
[from Putho (the name of the region where Delphi, the seat of the famous oracle, was located)]
KJV: divination
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
divination
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Πυθών, Πύθωνος, ὁ, Python;
1. in Greek mythology the name of the Pythian serpent or dragon that dwelt in the region of Pytho at the foot of Parnassus in Phocis, and was said to have guarded the oracle of Delphi and been slain by Apollo.
2. equivalent to δαιμόνιον μαντικον (Hesychius, under the word), a spirit of divination: πνεῦμα Πύθωνος, or more correctly (with L T Tr WH) πνεῦμα πύθωνα (on the union of two substantives one of which has the force of an adjective see Matthiae, p. 962, 4; (Kühner, § 405, 1; Lob. Paralip. 344f)), Act 16:16; some interpreters think that the young woman here mentioned was a ventriloquist, appealing to Plutarch, who tells us (mor., p. 414 e. de def. orac. 9) that in his time ἐγγαστριμυθοι were called πυθωνες; (cf. Meyer).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Πύθων (divination)
Acts 16:16
- KJV: And it came to pass as we went to prayer a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying
- GK: εγένετο δε πορευομένων ημών εις προσευχήν παιδίσκην τινά έχουσαν πνεύμα πύθωνος απαντήσαι ημίν ήτις εργασίαν πολλήν παρείχε τοις κυρίοις αυτής μαντευομένη