Quick Definition
sorcerer
Strong's Definition
a druggist ("pharmacist") or poisoner, i.e. (by extension) a magician
Derivation: from (a drug, i.e. spell-giving potion);
KJV Usage: sorcerer
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φάρμακον, -ov, τό, fr. Hom. down, a drug; an enchantment: Tr mrg. WH txt. in Rev. ix. 21 (R.V. sorceries), for φαρμακεία, q. v. (in b.).*]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φάρμακον pharmakon 1x
a drug; an enchantment; magic potion, charm, Rev. 9:21*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* φαρμακεύς, -έως, ὁ
(< φάρμακον)
a sorcerer: Re 21:8, Rec.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φάρμακον in its only NT occurrence (Rev 9531) has the evil meaning “drug,” ‘‘enchantment,’’ ‘‘sorcery’’: cf. P Tebt I. 4319 (B.C. 118) ἐπανείρηται αὐτὸν (/. ἐπανήρηται αὐτὸς) φαρμάκωι, “πὸ has been poisoned,” and PSI I. 642° (i/B.C. ?), where a wife solemnly promises that she will not mix noxious drugs with her husband’s drink or food— μηδὲ ποι[ή]σειν els σε φάρμακα φίλτρα μηδὲ κακοποιὰ μήτε ἐν ποτοῖς μήτε ἐν βρωτοῖς, with which may be compared Sy// 815(= *1180)* cited s.v. θανάσιμος, the sepulchral Kaibel 595% where a physician is praised as πολλούς τε σώσας φαρμάκοις ἀνωδύνοις, and the magic P Lond 12233 (iv/A.D.) (=I. p. 117) διασῶσόν pov πάνδοτε εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἀπὸ φαρμάκων καὶ δολίων. See also the prayer for vengeance Preisigke 1323 (ii/A.D.), and compare Musonius p. 124* φαρμάκοις yap οὐκ ἔοικεν, ἀλλὰ σιτίοις ὑγιεινοῖς ἡ δύναμις αὐτοῦ. A dim. φαρμάκιον is found in P Petr III. 42 H(8)?5 (mid. iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski?, p. 16). For φάρμακον in a healing sense, ‘‘ physic,” ‘‘ medicine” we may cite P Lond 3565 (i/A.p.) (= II. p. 252, Selections Ρ. 59) καλῶς ποιήσεις ἰδίωι κινδύνῳ τὸ καλὸν πωλήσας ἐξ ὧν ἐάν σοι εἴπῃ φαρμάκων ἔχειν χρείαν Σῶτας ὁ φίλος pov, ‘be so good as to sell at your own risk good quality of whatever drugs my friend Sotas says that he has need,”’ P Flor 11. 2224 (a.p. 256) τὸ φάρμακον .. εἰς Tov παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ ταῦρον, ‘‘medicine for my bull,” P Grenf II. 7717 (funeral expenses—iii/iv A.D.) (= Selections, p. 121) ἔστι δὲ τὰ ἀναλώματα τιμ(ὴ) φαρμάκου παλί(αιαὶ) (δραχμαὶ) § κτὰλ., “the expenses are—the price of medicine 60 old drachmae,” etc. See also Sir 615, Zest. xz. patr. Jos. il. 7 μέγα φάρμακόν ἐστιν ἡ μακροθυμία, and Ign. Zp/. xx. φάρμακον ἀθανασίας, of the Eucharist.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φαρμακεύς (pharmakeus) — sorcerer. φαρμᾰκ-εύς, έως, ὁ, poisoner, sorcerer, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. druggist, apothecary, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]