2022-06-17 17:28:53
𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘 > 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘
Did you know that the word once used to describe witchcraft, sorcery and magic evolved into the word we now use for the place we pick up our medications?
It’s true! You can even find it in the Bible (if you check out the original Greek).
It’s heart breaking to know how many peoples lives, including my fathers have been lost at the expense and deception of a broken system. If I share all the details I experienced with him you would break down, cry and feel sick to your stomach. It was hell.
Read on to find the story behind the word: 𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗬
How witchcraft, magic and sorcery became pharmacy
Our modern word for pharmacy came from the Greek word, pharmakeia.
It’s pronounced: “Far” + “Ma” + “Kay” + “uh.”
And like many of our words today, it had different meanings depending on the context in which it was used.
Pharmakeia In the Bible
We find this word in the Holy Bible, in particular in Galatians 5.
“idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,”
– Galatians 5:19 (English standard version)
But in the original Greek text, the word used for sorcery was pharmakeia.
And in Greek, pharmakeia could mean magic, sorcery, witchcraft, enchantment, drugs or medication. As previously mentioned, its meaning depended on its use in context.
When the pharmakeia is used various places in the Bible, it has these meanings:
1 The administering or usage of drugs.
2 Magic, sorcery, witchcraft; often found in connection with idolatry. (Galatians 5:20; Exodus 7:11, 22; Exodus 8:18; Isaiah 47:9; Revelation 18:23)
3 𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚. (Found in Revelation 9:21)
4 As a metaphor for the seductions or deceptions of idolatry.
Origin and evolution of pharmacy
From Greek, pharmakeia, meaning “practice of the druggist” > which is based on pharmakon, meaning drug > medieval Latin > Old French, farmacie.
Definition of pharmacy
1 The science and/or practice, profession or art of preparing, preserving, compounding and dispensing medicinal drugs.
2 A dispensary for medicinal drugs; a place where medicines are compounded; drugstore.
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