ΓΟΗΤΩΝ, γοητων
GOĒTŌN, goētōn
Sounds Like: go-AY-tone
Translations: of impostors, of deceivers, of charlatans, of sorcerers
From the root: ΓΟΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a charlatan, a deceiver, or an impostor, often one who practices magic or sorcery. It describes someone who uses trickery or deception to mislead others. ΓΟΗΤΩΝ is the genitive plural form of the noun, indicating possession or origin, so it would be used in phrases like "of the deceivers" or "belonging to the charlatans."
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1114 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 8:160
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 8:4
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.
- ΓΟΗΣ — sorcerer, enchanter, imposter, deceiver, charlatan, a sorcerer, an enchanter, an imposter, a deceiver, a charlatan
- 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
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