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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• 10{i}There 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,{/i} (Deut. 18:10)
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1 Sam. 15:23• 23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.{HR}And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.{HR}Because thou hast rejected the word, of Jehovah,{HR}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 Jehovah, even against the word of Jehovah, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it.
 14And inquired not of Jehovah: 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• 6{i}He 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.{/i} (2 Chron. 33:6)
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Acts 8:9‑11• 9But a certain man, Simon by name, was before in the city practicing magic and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one:
 10to whom they all gave heed from small to great, saying, He is the power of God that is called Great.
 11And they gave heed to him, because a long time he had amazed them with his magic arts. (Acts 8:9‑11)
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Acts 16:16‑19• 16And it came to pass as we were going unto prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of Python met us, who brought her masters much gain by divinations.
 17She, having followed Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are bondmen of the most high God, who announce to you salvation's way.
 18And this she did for many days. But Paul being distressed, turned and said to the spirit, I charge thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.
 19And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on, and dragged Paul and Silas into the market-place before the rulers; (Acts 16:16‑19)
heresies.
2 Cor. 11:19• 19For ye bear fools pleasantly, being wise. (2 Cor. 11:19)
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Titus 3:10• 10An heretical man after a first and second admonition refuse, (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 false teachers among you, such as shall bring in by-the-bye sects of perdition, denying even the Sovereign Master that bought them, bringing on themselves swift perdition; (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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