Should 'sorceries' in Revelation 9:21 be understood as drugs?
Yes. The Greek word behind 'sorceries' in Revelation 9:21 is pharmakia, from which the English word pharmacy derives. Since a pharmacist's main role involves drugs, the verse can be read as listing drugs alongside murders, immorality, and thefts, describing a drug culture.
Les points out that the word 'sorceries' in Revelation 9:21 comes from the Greek word pharmakia, and he notes that the English word pharmacy comes from it. He explains that a pharmacist's main role is drugs, so the verse can be read as 'neither did they repent of their murders, nor of their drugs, nor of their immorality, nor of their thefts.' He then says this describes the drug culture, because wherever drugs are present, as seen in the inner city, murder follows, along with thefts to support the habit, and immorality becomes grosser.
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
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What is the Greek word translated 'sorceries' in Revelation 9:21?
The Greek word translated 'sorceries' in Revelation 9:21 is pharmakia, from which the English word 'pharmacy' comes.
What Greek word is behind 'sorceries' in Revelation 9:21, and what English word comes from it?
The Greek word translated 'sorceries' in this verse is pharmakia, and the English word 'pharmacy' comes from it, with a pharmacist's main role being drugs.
What does 'sorceries' mean in this Bible verse?
In the verse being read, the sorceries that people refuse to repent of are really drugs.