Lexical Summary Pythōn: Python, a mythical serpent slain by Apollo, divination Original Word: ΠύθωνTransliteration: Pythōn Phonetic Spelling: (poo'-thone) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Python, a mythical serpent slain by Apollo, divination Meaning: Python, a mythical serpent slain by Apollo, divination Strong's Concordance divination. From Putho (the name of the region where Delphi, the seat of the famous oracle, was located); a Python, i.e. (by analogy, with the supposed diviner there) inspiration (soothsaying) -- divination. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4436: ΠυθώνΠυθών, 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). |
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