Python

PY'THON, occurring Acts 16:16, margin, was a surname of Apollo, the god of divination in the Greek mythology, and hence applied to all oracular and divinatory spirits. See Divination.

PY'THON, occurring Acts 16:16, margin, was a surname of Apollo, the god of divination in the Greek mythology, and hence applied to all oracular and divinatory spirits. See Divination.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, and allied genera, of the family Pythonidæ. They are nearly allied to the boas. Called also rock snake.

2. A diviner by spirits. "[Manasses] observed omens, and appointed pythons." 4 Kings xxi. 6 (Douay version).