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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 6 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, [fn]magi G3097 from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

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Then Herod secretly called for the magi G3097 and determined from them the exact [fn]time the star appeared.

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Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi G3097, he became very enraged, and sent men and killed all the boys who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity [fn]who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi G3097.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:6 - When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician G3097, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:8 - But Elymas the magician G3097 (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
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