Vine, in commenting on this Greek word, says: “In sorcery, the use of drugs, whether simple or potent, was generally accompanied by incantations and appeals to occult powers, with the provision of various charms, amulets, etc., professedly designed to keep the applicant or patient from the attention and power of demons, but actually to impress the applicant with the mysterious resources and powers of the sorcerer.”
Vine, ekugqabazeni ngeli gama lesiGrike, ithi: “Ekukhafuleni, ukusetyenziswa kweziyobisi, enoba zezingenamandla okanye zezinamandla, ngokuqhelekileyo kwakuphelekwa ngamazwi athile okuvumisa nezibongozo kumagunya obugqwirha, nelungiselelo loomabophe abahlukahlukeneyo, amakhubalo, njl., ekuthiwa zicetyelwe ukuba zikhusele onyangwayo okanye umguli ekondelweni nasemandleni eedemon, kodwa eneneni zezokuchukumisa onyangwayo ngemithombo eyimfihlelo namandla kasiyazi.”jw2019 jw2019