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Galatians 5

Gal. 5:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Idolatry
eidololatreia (Greek #1495)
image-worship (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: idolatry.
Pronounce: i-do-lol-at-ri'-ah
Origin: from 1497 and 2999
, witchcraft
pharmakeia (Greek #5331)
medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: sorcery, witchcraft.
Pronounce: far-mak-i'-ah
Origin: from 5332
, hatred
echthra (Greek #2189)
hostility; by implication, a reason for opposition
KJV usage: enmity, hatred.
Pronounce: ekh'-thrah
Origin: feminine of 2190
, variance
eris (Greek #2054)
a quarrel, i.e. (by implication) wrangling
KJV usage: contention, debate, strife, variance.
Pronounce: er'-is
Origin: of uncertain affinity
, emulations
zelos (Greek #2205)
properly, heat, i.e. (figuratively) "zeal" (in a favorable sense, ardor; in an unfavorable one, jealousy, as of a husband (figuratively, of God), or an enemy, malice)
KJV usage: emulation, envy(-ing), fervent mind, indignation, jealousy, zeal.
Pronounce: dzay'-los
Origin: from 2204
, wrath
thumos (Greek #2372)
passion (as if breathing hard)
KJV usage: fierceness, indignation, wrath. Compare 5590.
Pronounce: thoo-mos'
Origin: from 2380
, strife
eritheia (Greek #2052)
properly, intrigue, i.e. (by implication) faction
KJV usage: contention(-ious), strife.
Pronounce: er-ith-i'-ah
Origin: perhaps as the same as 2042
, seditions
dichostsis (Greek #1370)
disunion, i.e. (figuratively) dissension
KJV usage: division, sedition.
Pronounce: dee-khos-tas-ee'-ah
Origin: from a derivative of 1364 and 4714
, heresies
hairesis (Greek #139)
properly, a choice, i.e. (specially) a party or (abstractly) disunion
KJV usage: heresy (which is the Greek word itself), sect.
Pronounce: hah'-ee-res-is
Origin: from 138
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Heresy; Heretic,
Idolatry,
Witch; Witchcraft

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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witchcraft.
Ezek. 22:18• 18Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: they are all copper, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver. (Ezek. 22:18)
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Deut. 18:10• 10There shall not be found among you he that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, that useth divination, that useth auguries, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, (Deut. 18:10)
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1 Sam. 15:23• 23For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And selfwill is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He hath also rejected thee from being king. (1 Sam. 15:23)
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1 Chron. 10:13‑14• 13And Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah which he kept not, and also for having inquired of the spirit of Python, asking counsel of it;
 14and he asked not counsel of Jehovah; therefore he slew him, and transferred the kingdom to David the son of Jesse. (1 Chron. 10:13‑14)
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2 Chron. 33:6• 6He also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he used magic and divination and sorcery, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. (2 Chron. 33:6)
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Acts 8:9‑11• 9But a certain man, by name Simon, had been before in the city, using magic arts, and astonishing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one.
 10To whom they had all given heed, from small to great, saying, This is the power of God which is called great.
 11And they gave heed to him, because that for a long time he had astonished them by his magic arts. (Acts 8:9‑11)
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Acts 16:16‑19• 16And it came to pass as we were going to prayer that a certain female slave, having a spirit of Python, met us, who brought much profit to her masters by prophesying.
 17She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you the way of salvation.
 18And this she did many days. And Paul, being distressed, turned, and said to the spirit, I enjoin thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.
 19And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market before the magistrates; (Acts 16:16‑19)
heresies.
2 Cor. 11:19• 19For ye bear fools readily, being wise. (2 Cor. 11:19)
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Titus 3:10• 10An heretical man after a first and second admonition have done with, (Titus 3:10)
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2 Peter 2:1• 1But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction; (2 Peter 2:1)
• Secondly, the superstition of the flesh, "idolatry" and "sorcery"; Thirdly, the malice of the flesh, "hatred", leading to "strifes"; Fourthly, the jealousy of the flesh, "jealousies", leading to "angers"; Fifthly, the reasoning of the flesh, leading to "contentions, disputes" and "schools of opinion." (“Galatians 5” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, disputes, schools of opinion,

W. Kelly Translation

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idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, bursts of passion, contentions, divisions, partiesa,

WK Translation Notes

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Compare with {vi 28620}{/vi}.