Strong G3097μάγος
sage
- Transliteration
- magos
- Pronunciation
- mag'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of foreign origin [H7248]; a Magian that is Oriental scientist; by implication a magician: - sorcerer wise man.
Detailed definition
μάγος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for אַשָּׁף, Dan LXX TH Dan.2:2, 10, al. (cf. chief magian, Jer.39:3, 13);]
1. one of the Μάγοι, a Median tribe (Hat).
2. 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 (see DB, I vol., 565 f.; DB, iii, 203 ff.): Mat.2:1, 7 2:16
3. a wizard, sorcerer: Act.13:6, 8 (cf. Wis.17:7, Act.8:9; ?Act.8:1).†
(AS)
[in LXX for אַשָּׁף, Dan LXX TH Dan.2:2, 10, al. (cf. chief magian, Jer.39:3, 13);]
1. one of the Μάγοι, a Median tribe (Hat).
2. 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 (see DB, I vol., 565 f.; DB, iii, 203 ff.): Mat.2:1, 7 2:16
3. a wizard, sorcerer: Act.13:6, 8 (cf. Wis.17:7, Act.8:9; ?Act.8:1).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3097 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- man3
- sorcerer2
First verses
- Matthew 2:1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
- Matthew 2:7Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
- Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
- Acts 13:6And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar–jesus:
- Acts 13:8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
Μάγος [ᾰ], ου, ὁ,
“Magian”, one of a Median tribe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.101, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.3.1)]: hence, as belonging to this tribe,
2 one of the priests and wise men in Persia who interpreted dreams, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.37, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 36, 3rd c.BC: Phoenix Iambographus 1.5, NT.Matt.2.1.)]
3 enchanter, wizard, especially in bad sense, impostor, charlatan, [NT+5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 14, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 387, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1498 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 572e, NT.Act.13.6, Vett. Val. 74.17: also _feminine_, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 4, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.15 (Marc. argument).)]
II μάγος, ον, as adjective, magical, μάγῳ τέχνῃ πράττειν τι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.2; κεστοῦ φωνεῦσα μαγώτερα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.120 (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus))]. (Opers. maguš 'Magian'.)
“Magian”, one of a Median tribe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.101, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.3.1)]: hence, as belonging to this tribe,
2 one of the priests and wise men in Persia who interpreted dreams, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.37, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 36, 3rd c.BC: Phoenix Iambographus 1.5, NT.Matt.2.1.)]
3 enchanter, wizard, especially in bad sense, impostor, charlatan, [NT+5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 14, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 387, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1498 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 572e, NT.Act.13.6, Vett. Val. 74.17: also _feminine_, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 4, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.15 (Marc. argument).)]
II μάγος, ον, as adjective, magical, μάγῳ τέχνῃ πράττειν τι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.2; κεστοῦ φωνεῦσα μαγώτερα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.120 (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus))]. (Opers. maguš 'Magian'.)