UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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πύθων

MainId: 004339000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4436

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004339001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: πύθων

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ωνος

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004339001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 12.48

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Supernatural Beings and Powers

      LEXSubDomains: Supernatural Powers

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-07 13:59:15

         DefinitionShort: a supernatural power of divination known as ‘Python’

         Glosses: spirit of divination

         Comments: For πύθων as part of an idiom, see {D:33.285}.|In most languages there seems to be no reason to borrow the term ‘Python,’ since it may be readily misunderstood. It is both more meaningful and to some extent more accurate to translate ‘a spirit of divination’ or ‘the spirit which caused her to foretell the future’ or ‘… to tell what was going to happen.’

      LEXReferences: ACTs 16:16