Lexicon
goés: a wailer, a sorcerer, a swindler
Original Word: γόης, ητος, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: goés
Phonetic Spelling: (go'-ace)
Short Definition: a conjurer, deceiver, imposter
Definition: a conjuror, juggler, sorcerer; a tricky (crafty) deceiver, imposter.
HELPS word-Studies
1114 góēs – originally, a sorcerer (in ancient Greek literature); in NT times, 1114 (góēs) is a swindler – a shameless cheat pretending to use supernatural power; an actor (cheap imposter), looking for self-gain, i.e. posing to be someone he isn't.
1114 /góēs ("a charlatan"), used only in 2 Tim 3:13, refers to a seducer (properly, a wailer) – a fraud who "sounds off" like a whining enchanter. This person uses their verbal spells and incantations to give the (false) impression they can do miracles.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom goaó (to wail)
Definitiona wailer, a sorcerer, a swindler
NASB Translationimpostors (1).