Magos

mag'-os
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Magos Definition

NAS Word Usage - Total: 6
  1. a magus
    1. the name given by the Babylonians (Chaldeans), Medes, Persians, and others, to the wise men, teachers, priests, physicians, astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, augers, soothsayers, sorcerers etc.
    2. the oriental wise men (astrologers) who, having discovered by the rising of a remarkable star that the Messiah had just been born, came to Jerusalem to worship him
    3. a false prophet and sorcerer
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
magoß
Origin
of foreign origin (07248)
Strong's Number
3097
TDNT Entry
4:356,547

NAS Word Usage

magi
4
magician
2
Total
6

NAS Verse Count

Total
5

Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Magos". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999. . 1999.