Pharmakeia denotes a practice named among harmful behaviors and said to lead the nations astray.

The two verses present pharmakeia as a negatively framed practice: it is listed with other harmful behaviors in Galatians 5:20 and is said to have led all the Gentiles astray in Revelation 18:23.

1. A condemned practice associated with deception · dominant

   In Galatians 5:20, the nominative singular form occurs in a list that includes idolatry, enmities, strife, and factions; the APB renders the list with “sorcery.” In Revelation 18:23, the dative singular form appears in the clause that says all the Gentiles were led astray; the APB renders the clause “because in your sorcery all the Gentiles were led astray.”

   Galatians 5:20Revelation 18:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “sorcery” in both verses: once within a list in Galatians 5:20 and once in the stated means by which the Gentiles were led astray in Revelation 18:23. These renderings confirm the clauses' presentation rather than isolate every nuance of the term.