witch -> τυμβάς, φαρμακίς, περιμάκτρια

[candytutt]

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I'm doing research on the use of the word 'witch' in the bible. Since at one point it was translated from Greek, I'm curious whether  there actually is a word for 'witch' in ancient Greek?
If anyone has any alternate ideas about a word that might have been misinterpreted as 'witch' I'd like to hear about that as well.
Thank you for your time.

[spiros]

You should be aware that New Testament Greek is fairly different from Ancient Greek. My searches returned no matches for "witch" in the New Testament
(http://www.translatum.gr/bible/search.htm)

The following are words for "witch" in Ancient Greek

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φαρμακίς
περιμάκτρια

(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/enggreek?lookup=witch&type=begin&options=Sort%20Results%20Alphabetically&lang=greek)

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