magos <3097>

magov magos

Pronunciation:mag'-os
Origin:of foreign origin 07248
Reference:TDNT - 4:356,547
PrtSpch:n m (noun masculine)
In Greek:magoi 1, magon 1, magouv 1, magov 1, magwn 2
In NET:wise men 4, a magician 1, magician 1
In AV:wise man 4, sorcerer 2
Count:6
Definition :
  1. 1) a magus
    1. 1a) the name given by the Babylonians (Chaldeans), Medes, Persians, and others, to the wise men, teachers, priests, physicians, astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, augers, soothsayers, sorcerers etc.
    2. 1b) the oriental wise men (astrologers) who, having discovered by the rising of a remarkable star that the Messiah had just been born, came to Jerusalem to worship him
    3. 1c) a false prophet and sorcerer

of foreign origin (7248); a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician: KJV -- sorcerer, wise man.
see HEBREW for 07248
Related Hebrew:Pva <0825>

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