Acts 19:13

Verse 13. The vagabond Jews. Gr., Jews going about. periercomenwn. The word vagabond with us is now commonly used in a bad sense, to denote a vagrant; a man who has no home; an idle, worthless fellow. The word, however, properly means one wandering from place to place, without any settled habitation, from whatever cause it may be. Here it denotes those Jews who wandered from place to place, practicing exorcism. Exorcists. exorkistwn. This word properly denotes those who went about pretending to be able to expel evil spirits, or to cure diseases by charms, incantations, etc, The word is derived from orkov orkos, an oath, and from orkizw, to bind with an oath.