Πύθων Pýthōn

Meaning

a Python, i.e. (by analogy, with the supposed diviner there) inspiration (soothsaying)

In the King James Version: divination

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

Where it is used

• Acts 16:16 One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.