Strong's Number G3097

μάγος

magos · mag'-os

Transliteration:

magos{mag'-os}

Word Origin:

of foreign origin 7248

TDNT:

4:356,547

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

wise man 4, sorcerer 2

Total: 6
Occurs 6 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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