G3097
G3097 — μάγος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
magos (mag'-os) n.
1. a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist
2. (by implication) a magician
[of foreign origin (H7248)]
KJV: sorcerer, wise man
Compare: H7248
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
sorcerer, wise man
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μάγος, μαγου, ὁ (Hebrew îÇâ, plural îÈâÄéí; a word of Indo-Germanic origin; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, ii., p. 786; J. G. Mller in Herzog viii., p. 678; (Vanicek, Fremdwצrter, 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. Dan 2:2 and several times in Theod. ad Dan. for àÇùÈÑó; 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. Mller 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: Mat 2:1; Mat 2:7; Mat 2:16.
2. to false prophets and sorcerers: Act 13:6; Act 13:8; cf. Act 8:9; cf. Act 8:11.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μάγος (sorcerer)
Matthew 2:1
- KJV: Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king behold there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem
- GK: του δε Ιησού γεννηθέντος εν Βηθλεέμ της Ιουδαίας εν ημέραις Ηρώδου του βασιλέως ιδού μάγοι από ανατολών παρεγένοντο εις Ιεροσόλυμα
Matthew 2:7
- KJV: Then Herod when he had privily called the wise men enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared
- GK: τότε Ηρώδης λάθρα καλέσας τους μάγους ηκρίβωσε παρ΄ αυτών τον χρόνον του φαινομένου αστέρος
Matthew 2:16
- KJV: Then 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
- GK: τότε Ηρώδης ιδών ότι ενεπαίχθη υπό των μάγων εθυμώθη λίαν και αποστείλας ανείλε πάντας τους παίδας τους εν Βηθλεέμ και εν πάσι τοις ορίοις αυτής από διετούς και κατωτέρω κατά τον χρόνον ον ηκρίβωσε παρά των μάγων
Acts 13:6
- KJV: And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos they found a certain sorcerer a false prophet a Jew whose name Bar-jesus
- GK: διελθόντες την νήσον άχρι Πάφου εύρόν τινα μάγον ψευδοπροφήτην Ιουδαίον ω όνομα Βαρϊησούς
Acts 13:8
- KJV: But Elymas the sorcerer for so is his name by interpretation withstood them seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith
- GK: ανθίστατο δε αυτοίς Ελύμας ο μάγος ούτω γαρ μεθερμηνεύεται το όνομα αυτού ζητών διαστρέψαι τον ανθύπατον από της πίστεως