Lexicon magos: a Magian, i.e. an (Oriental) astrologer, by impl. a magician Original Word: μάγος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: magos Phonetic Spelling: (mag'-os) Short Definition: a sorcerer, magician, wizard Definition: a sorcerer, a magician, a wizard. HELPS word-Studies 3097 mágos (plural, magi) – properly, belonging to "the Magoi, a Median tribe (so Herodotus); 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 (v. DB, I vol., 565 f.; DB, iii, 203 ff.): Mt 2:1,7,16; a wizard, sorcerer: Ac 13:6,8" (Abbott-Smith). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Pers. origin, cf. Rab-magDefinitiona Magian, i.e. an (Oriental) astrologer, by impl. a magician NASB Translationmagi (4), magician (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3097: μάγοςμάγος, μαγου, ὁ (Hebrew מַג, plural מָגִים; a word of Indo-Germanic origin; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, ii., p. 786; J. G. Müller in Herzog viii., p. 678; ( Vanicek, Fremdwörter, 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. Daniel 2:2 and several times in Theod. ad Dan. for אַשָׁף; 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. Müller 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: Matthew 2:1, 7, 16. 2. to false prophets and sorcerers: Acts 13:6, 8,cf. 8:9,11.
Strong's sorcerer, magician Of foreign origin (Rab-Mag); a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician -- sorcerer, wise man. see HEBREW Rab-Mag |
