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Lexicon :: Strong's G3097 - magos

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μάγος
Transliteration
magos (Key)
Pronunciation
mag'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin רב מג (H7248)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:356,547

Strong’s Definitions

μάγος mágos, mag'-os; of foreign origin (H7248); a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician:—sorcerer, wise man.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G3097 in the following manner: wise man (4x), sorcerer (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G3097 in the following manner: wise man (4x), sorcerer (2x).

  1. a magus

    1. 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. 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. a false prophet and sorcerer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μάγος mágos, mag'-os; of foreign origin (H7248); a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician:—sorcerer, wise man.
STRONGS G3097:
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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Daniel
2:2
Matthew
2:1; 2:7; 2:16
Acts
8:9; 8:11; 13:6; 13:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3097 matches the Greek μάγος (magos),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20 - And in every matter of wisdom and knowledge wherein the king questioned them, he found them ten times wiser than all the enchanters and sorcerers that were in all his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:2 - And the king gave orders to call the enchanters, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to declare to the king his dreams. And they came and stood before the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is no man upon the earth, who shall be able to make known the king's matter: forasmuch as no great king or ruler asks such a question of an enchanter, magician, or Chaldean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27 - And Daniel answered before the king, and said, The mystery which the king asks the explanation of is not in the power of the wise men, magicians, enchanters, or soothsayers to declare to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7 - So the enchanters, magicians, soothsayers, and Chaldeans came in: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me the interpretation thereof;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - And the king cried aloud to bring in the magicians, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; and he said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and make known to me the interpretation, shall be clothed with scarlet, and there shall be a golden chain upon his neck, and he shall be the third ruler in my kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11 - There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the Spirit of God; and in the days of thy father watchfulness and understanding were found in him; and king Nabuchodonosor thy father made him chief of the enchanters, magicians, Chaldeans, and soothsayers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15 - And now the wise men, magicians, and soothsayers have come in before me, to read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation: but they could not tell it me.
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