ΓΟΗΣ, γοης
GOĒS, goēs
Sounds Like: GO-ace
Translations: sorcerer, enchanter, imposter, deceiver, charlatan, a sorcerer, an enchanter, an imposter, a deceiver, a charlatan
From the root: ΓΟΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a sorcerer, enchanter, or someone who practices magic, often with the intent to deceive. It can also describe an imposter or charlatan, someone who pretends to have special knowledge or skills to defraud others. It is typically used to describe a person who misleads or manipulates through trickery or false claims.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1114 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 5:97
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΟΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΓΟΗΣΙ — to a charmer, to a sorcerer, to a deceiver, to a juggler, to an enchanter, to a magician, to a cheat, to a seducer
- ΓΟΗΤΑ — impostor, a impostor, deceiver, a deceiver, sorcerer, a sorcerer
- ΓΟΗΤΕΣ — impostors, deceivers, sorcerers, charlatans
- ΓΟΗΤΩΝ — of impostors, of deceivers, of charlatans, of sorcerers
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