Bible Dictionary

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.

Schaff's Bible Dictionary

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.