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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4436 - Πύθων

Transliteration

Pýthōn

Phonetics

poo'-thone

Origin

from Putho (the name of the region where Delphi, the seat of the famous oracle, was located)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

6:917,

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

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 at Delphi and been slain by Apollo
a spirit of divination

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Acts 1

BSB (1)

Acts 1

CSB (1)

Acts 1

ESV (1)

Acts 1

KJV (1)

Acts 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

Acts 1

N95 (1)

Acts 1

NAS (1)

Acts 1

NLT (0)

The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Acts 1

YLT (1)

Acts 1

ASV (1)

of divination 1

BSB (1)

of clairvoyance 1

CSB (1)

prediction 1

ESV (1)

divination 1

KJV (1)

divination 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

divination 1

N95 (1)

divination 1

NAS (1)

divination 1

NLT (0)

The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

of divination 1

YLT (1)

of python 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-GSM 1

ANT

N-GSM 1

BEZ

N-ASM 1

BGB

N-GSM 1

BMT

N-GSM 1

BYZ

N-GSM 1

ELZ

N-ASM 1

NA26

N-ASM 1

SBL

N-GSM 1

SCV

N-GSM 1

STV

N-ASM 1

TIS

N-GSM 1

N-ASM 1

TRG

N-ASM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

Πύθων

[ ῡ], ωνος, ὁ, (cf. Πυθώ )

the serpent Python, slain by Apollo, Ephor. 31 (b) J., Apollod. 1.4.1, Plu. 2.293c.

II παιδίσκη ἔχουσα πνεῦμα Πύθωνα a spirit of divination, Acts 16:16.

2. pl. Πύθωνες, ventriloquists, Plu. 2.414e, cf. Hsch.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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)), Acts 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).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* πύθων , -ωνος , ὁ ,

1. in cl., Python, a serpent slain by Apollo, who is hence surnamed the Pythian.

2. In Plut. (ii, 414 E), a name given to ventriloquist soothsayers (ἐγγαστρίμυθοι ; cf. Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Leviticus 20:27, 1 Samuel 28:7), and perhaps in this sense πνεῦμα πύθωνα , a python-spirit: Acts 16:16.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";a trumpet"; : CP Herm I. 121.10 (iii/A.D.) ἐνίκησε τὸ ] τῶν σαλπ [ίγγ ]ων ἀγώνισμα, Kaibel 1049.7 οὐ σάλπιγγος ἀκ [ούεται ἐνθάδ᾽ ὁμοκλή.

List of Word Forms

πυθωνα πύθωνα πύθωνος πυκάζουσα πυκάζουσιν πυκάση puthona puthōna pythona pythōna pýthona pýthōna