Yes Tewdrig posted on this earlier, which agrees with your timely post. He provided the following:
The meaning of the word 'pharmakeia' is basically to "purposely lead astray"; "to knowingly cause to stumble". However, it is ascribed to persons of superior knowledge who misuse knowledge to victimize the ignorant or to lead astray from rational and empirical truth.
Thus, any misuse of superior, natural knowledge, including the manipulation of mathematics or mechanical sciences, virology, immunology, computer programming, etc. are all used as the tools for the practice of pharmakeia. This is especially meaningful in the sense of a deceived person or a group caught-up in and espousing a philosophy, ideology, religious or political that is opposed to the truth of the Laws of God and Nature. Think of the non-existent efficacy and safety studies and required reporting of pharmaceutical injections that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discovered in his FOIA lawsuit. Think of the "vaccine enforcement lobby" promoting an experimental genetically modified mRNA therapy that is not approved by FDA. In fact, there is NO APPROVED vaccine for Covid-19. This is stated on the FDA website. Are they telling people this very important information or having them sign the required waiver before jabbing them with experimental drugs? Where is the informed consent that patients have a lawful right to know?
In a broader sense, 'pharmakeia' would include from necessity the abortionist and the local pimp, trafficking of children and spreading false religious knowledge would also fall under the category of 'pharmakeia'.
Isn't interesting the word pharmaceutical is derived from the same Greek word?
"But for the cowardly and non-persuaded, and those having become abominable, and murderers, and whores, and pharmakeia promoters, and idolators, and all the liars, their part is in the Lake burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." -- Rev. 21:8.
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