Lexical Summary exorkistēs: an exorcist Original Word: ἐξορκιστήςTransliteration: exorkistēs Phonetic Spelling: (ex-or-kis-tace') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: an exorcist Meaning: an exorcist Strong's Concordance exorcist. From exorkizo; one that binds by an oath (or spell), i.e. (by implication) an "exorcist" (conjurer) -- exorcist. see GREEK exorkizo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1845: ἐξορκιστήςἐξορκιστής, ἐξορκιστου, ὁ (ἐξορκίζω); 1. he who exacts an oath of another. 2. an exorcist, i. e. one who employs a formula of conjuration for expelling demons: Acts 19:13. (Josephus, Antiquities 8, 2, 5; Lucian, epigr. in Anthol. 11,427; often in the church Fathers.) |
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