ΠύθωνPýthōn
a Python, i.e. (by analogy, with the supposed diviner there) inspiration (soothsaying)
Greek (New Testament) · G4436
Meanings
1. in classical Greek, Python, a serpent slain by Apollo, who is hence surnamed the Pythian.
2. In Plut. (ii, 414 E), a name given to ventriloquist soothsayers (ἐγγαστρίμυθοι; cf. Leviticus 19:31, Leviticus 20:6, Leviticus 20:27, 1 Samuel 28:7), and perhaps in this sense πνεῦμα πύθωνα, a python-spirit: Acts 16:16.
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- Acts 16:16 One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit that enabled her to tell the future. She earned a lot of money for her masters by telling fortunes.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.