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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 to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. (Ezek. 22:18)
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Deut. 18:10• 10There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, (Deut. 18:10)
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1 Sam. 15:23• 23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. (1 Sam. 15:23)
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1 Chron. 10:13‑14• 13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;
 14And inquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. (1 Chron. 10:13‑14)
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2 Chron. 33:6• 6And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. (2 Chron. 33:6)
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Acts 8:9‑11• 9But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
 10To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
 11And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. (Acts 8:9‑11)
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Acts 16:16‑19• 16And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
 17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation.
 18And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
 19And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, (Acts 16:16‑19)
heresies.
2 Cor. 11:19• 19For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. (2 Cor. 11:19)
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Titus 3:10• 10A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; (Titus 3:10)
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2 Peter 2:1• 1But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring 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}.