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GreekG3097Noun (Masculine)

μάγος

magos

5Occurrences
G3097Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician

of foreign origin (H07248);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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.)
3.a wizard, sorcerer
LXX: for אַשָּׁף, Dan LXX TH

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

μάγος appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
3
Acts
2

Key Passages

Acts 13:6BSB

They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

Acts 13:8BSB

But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

Matthew 2:1BSB

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:7BSB

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.

Matthew 2:16BSB

When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.