G1114
G1114 — γόης
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
goes (go'-ace) n.
1. (properly) a wizard (as muttering spells)
2. (by implication) an imposter
[from goao "to wail"]
KJV: seducer
Compare: G5578, G4108, G2215
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
seducer
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γόης, γοητος, ὁ (γοάω to bewail, howl);
1. a wailer, howler: Aeschylus choëph. 823 (Hermann, et al. γοητής).
2. a juggler, enchanter (because incantations used to be uttered in a kind of howl).
3. a deceiver, impostor: 2Ti 3:13; (Herodotus, Euripides, Plato, and subsequent writers).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
γόης (seducer)
2 Timothy 3:13
- KJV: But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived
- GK: πονηροί δε άνθρωποι και γόητες προκόψουσιν επί το χείρον πλανώντες και πλανώμενοι