[Πύθων] from Πυθώ (the name of the region where Delphi, the seat of the famous oracle, was located); a Python, i.e. (by analogy, with the supposed diviner there) inspiration (soothsaying)
Usages throughout the bible
Acts 16:16
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And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination G4436 met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
