- Πύθων
- Python
- Πύθων
- a divining spirit
- a divining spirit, Python, called after the Pythian serpent said to have guarded the oracle at Delphi and been slain by Apollo.
- Πύθων
- a Python, i.e. (by analogy, with the supposed diviner there) inspiration (soothsaying)
Derivation: from Πυθώ (the name of the region where Delphi, the seat of the famous oracle, was located);KJV Usage: divination.
- Πύθων
- divining spirit
- G:N-M
- 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.), and perhaps in this sense πνεῦμα πύθωνα, a python-spirit: Act.16:16.†Refs
Lev.19:31 20:6, 27, 1Ki.28:7
(AS)
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 at Delphi and been slain by Apollo
2) a spirit of divination
2) a spirit of divination
Πύθων
Puthōn
poo'-thone
From Πυθώ Puthō (the name of the region where Delphi, the seat of the famous oracle, was located); a Python, that is, (by analogy with the supposed diviner there) inspiration (soothsaying)
KJV Usage: divination.