King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4436
Transliteration: Pythōn
Phonetic Spelling: (poo'-thone)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Python, a mythical serpent slain by Apollo, divination
Meaning: Python, a mythical serpent slain by Apollo, divination
Πυθών, Πύθωνος, ὁ, Python;
Word Summary
Pythōn: Python, a mythical serpent slain by Apollo, divination
Original Word: ΠύθωνTransliteration: Pythōn
Phonetic Spelling: (poo'-thone)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Python, a mythical serpent slain by Apollo, divination
Meaning: Python, a mythical serpent slain by Apollo, divination
Strong's Concordance
divination. From Putho (the name of the region where Delphi, the seat of the famous oracle, was located); a Python, i.e. (by analogy, with the supposed diviner there) inspiration (soothsaying) -- divination.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4436: ΠυθώνΠυθών, Πύθωνος, ὁ, Python;
1. in Greek mythology the name of the Pythian serpent or dragon that dwelt in the region of Pytho at the foot of Parnassus in Phocis, and was said to have guarded the oracle of Delphi and been slain by Apollo.
2. equivalent to δαιμόνιον μαντικον (Hesychius, under the word), a spirit of divination: πνεῦμα Πύθωνος, or more correctly (with L T Tr WH) πνεῦμα πύθωνα (on the union of two substantives one of which has the force of an adjective see Matthiae, p. 962, 4; (Kühner, § 405, 1; Lob. Paralip. 344f)), Acts 16:16; some interpreters think that the young woman here mentioned was a ventriloquist, appealing to Plutarch, who tells us (mor., p. 414 e. de def. orac. 9) that in his time ἐγγαστριμυθοι were called πυθωνες; (cf. Meyer).