◄ 3097. magos ►
Strong's Lexicon magos: Magi, wise men Original Word: μάγος Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: magos Pronunciation: MAH-gos Phonetic Spelling: (mag'-os) Definition: Magi, wise men Meaning: a sorcerer, a magician, a wizard. HELPS Word-studies 3097 mágos (plural, magi) – properly, belonging to "the Magoi, a Median tribe (so Herodotus); a Magian, one of a sacred caste, originally Median, who seem to have conformed to the Persian religion, while retaining some of their old beliefs (v. DB, I vol., 565 f.; DB, iii, 203 ff.): Mt 2:1,7,16; a wizard, sorcerer: Ac 13:6,8" (Abbott-Smith). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin of Pers. origin, cf. Rab-mag Definition a Magian, i.e. an (Oriental) astrologer, by impl. a magician NASB Translation magi (4), magician (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3097: μάγος μάγος, μαγου, ὁ (Hebrew מַג, plural מָגִים; a word of Indo-Germanic origin; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, ii., p. 786; J. G. Müller in Herzog viii., p. 678; (Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word; but the word is now regarded by many as of Babylonian origin; see Schrader, Keilinschriften as above with 2te Aufl., p. 417ff)); from Sophocles and Herodotus down; the Sept. Daniel 2:2 and several times in Theod. ad Dan. for אַשָׁף; a magus; the name given by the Babylonians (Chaldaeans), Medes, Persians, and others, to the wise men, teachers, priests, physicians, astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, augurs, soothsayers, sorcerers etc.; cf. Winers RWB, under the word; J. G. Müller in Herzog, the passage cited, pp. 675-685; Holtzmann in Schenkel iv., p. 84f; (BB. DD., under the word ). In the N. T. the name is given: 1. to the oriental wise men (astrologers) who, having discovered by the rising of a remarkable star (see ἀστήρ, and cf. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, i. 209ff) that the Messiah had just been born, came to Jerusalem to worship him: Matthew 2:1, 7, 16. 2. to false prophets and sorcerers: Acts 13:6, 8,cf. 8:9,11. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance sorcerer, magician Of foreign origin (Rab-Mag); a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician -- sorcerer, wise man. see HEBREW Rab-Mag Forms and Transliterations εμαδάρωσα μαγοι μάγοι μαγον μάγον μαγος μάγος μαγους μάγους μαγων μάγων μαδήση μαδών magoi mágoi magon magōn mágon mágōn magos mágos magous mágous Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 2:1 N-NMP GRK: βασιλέως ἰδοὺ μάγοι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν NAS: the king, magi from the east KJV: there came wise men from INT: king behold magi from [the] east Matthew 2:7 N-AMP GRK: καλέσας τοὺς μάγους ἠκρίβωσεν παρ' NAS: called the magi and determined KJV: called the wise men, enquired INT: having called the magi inquired earnestly of Matthew 2:16 N-GMP GRK: ὑπὸ τῶν μάγων ἐθυμώθη λίαν NAS: that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very KJV: of the wise men, was exceeding INT: by the magi was enraged greatly Matthew 2:16 N-GMP GRK: παρὰ τῶν μάγων NAS: which he had determined from the magi. KJV: of the wise men. INT: from the magi Acts 13:6 N-AMS GRK: ἄνδρα τινὰ μάγον ψευδοπροφήτην Ἰουδαῖον NAS: they found a magician, a Jewish KJV: a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, INT: a fellow a certain magician a false prophet a Jew Acts 13:8 N-NMS GRK: Ἐλύμας ὁ μάγος οὕτως γὰρ NAS: But Elymas the magician (for so KJV: But Elymas the sorcerer (for so INT: Elymas the magician thus indeed Strong's Greek 3097 6 Occurrences μάγων — 2 Occ. μάγοι — 1 Occ. μάγον — 1 Occ. μάγος — 1 Occ. μάγους — 1 Occ.