Strong's #4436: Puthon (pronounced poo'-thone)

from Putho (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):-- divination.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Puthōn

1) in Greek mythology the name of the Pythian serpent or dragon that dwelt in the region of Pytho at the foot of Parnassus in Phocis, and was said to have guarded the oracle at Delphi and been slain by Apollo

2) a spirit of divination

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from Putho (the name of the region where Delphi, the seat of the famous oracle, was located)

Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

 

Acts 16:16: "damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought"