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Galatians 5:
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions
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sorcery;
φαρμακεία (pharmakeia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5331: Magic, sorcery, enchantment. From pharmakeus; medication, i.e. magic.

G5331 was ambiguous. It could be good drug or bad drug, Strong's Concordance:
pharmakeia: the use of medicine, drugs or spells
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HELPS Word-studies:
5331 pharmakeía (from pharmakeuō, "administer drugs") – properly, drug-related sorcery, like the practice of magical-arts, etc. (A. T. Robertson).
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Today the English word "drug" is also ambiguous.

What about the word "pharmacy"? Where does the word come from?

Etymology:
Pharmacy (n.)
late 14c., farmacie, "a medicine that rids the body of an excess of humors (except blood);" also "treatment with medicine; theory of treatment with medicine," from Old French farmacie "a purgative" (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Greek pharmakeia "a healing or harmful medicine, a healing or poisonous herb; a drug, poisonous potion; magic (potion), dye, raw material for physical or chemical processing."
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The word "pharmacy" came from the ambiguous Greek word.

Does this mean that pharmacy is bad?

Thinking so would commit an etymological fallacy as when an argument makes a claim about the present meaning of a word based exclusively on that word's etymology.

Despite its etymology, today pharmacy means:
the science or practice of the preparation and dispensing of medicinal drugs.
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tonychanyt said:
Galatians 5:

sorcery;
φαρμακεία (pharmakeia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5331: Magic, sorcery, enchantment. From pharmakeus; medication, i.e. magic.

G5331 was ambiguous. It could be good drug or bad drug, Strong's Concordance:


HELPS Word-studies:

Today the English word "drug" is also ambiguous.

What about the word "pharmacy"? Where does the word come from?

Etymology:

The word "pharmacy" came from the ambiguous Greek word.

Does this mean that pharmacy is bad?

Thinking so would commit an etymological fallacy as when an argument makes a claim about the present meaning of a word based exclusively on that word's etymology.

Despite its etymology, today pharmacy means:
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Pharmakeia, as used in the new testament, often translated as sorceries:

Rev 9:21 And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

It was the use of hallucinogenic drugs to induce trances. Some ancient religions would use hallucinogenics with the idea that they would create visions as prophecies. An example in modern times is the use of peyote in some indigenous ceremonies for the same reasons.
 
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Wings like Eagles said:
A pretty good read on the topic:

Is taking prescription medicines the same as witchcraft? (Pharmakeia) – Still Small Voice ~ Triage ~ For Truth Seekers

www.stillsmallvoicetriage.org www.stillsmallvoicetriage.org

Also, after what we have been through with the covid pandemic and all the negative reports surrounding the covid vaccinations, it does make a person want to become more educated on this topic.
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Thanks for the reference. This is how to do referencing in a scholarly manner:
  1. Display and indent the quoted text.
  2. Selectively bold the relevant keywords that are important to the point that you are making. No need to bold the entire sentence. Have a laser-sharp focus.
  3. Be concise and precise to the point. No need to quote the whole chapter.
This is what I do for others who read my posts. It is a standard high-school scholarship. If you practice this, I guarantee you: it will improve your analytical thinking. In any case, no one is required to do it :)
 
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