ΜΑΓΟΥΣ, μαγους
MAGOUS, magous
Sounds Like: mah-GOOS
Translations: magi, wise men, sorcerers, magicians
From the root: ΜΑΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a member of the priestly caste of ancient Persia, often associated with astrology and the interpretation of dreams. In the New Testament, it specifically refers to the 'wise men' who visited the infant Jesus. It can also refer to sorcerers or practitioners of magic, sometimes with a negative connotation.
Inflection: Plural, Masculine, Accusative
Strong’s number: G3097 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
- Matthew — 2:7
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 2:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΓΟΣ.
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.
- ΜΑΓΟΙ — magi, wise men, sorcerers, magicians, enchanters
- ΜΑΓΟΙΣ — to magi, to sorcerers, to wise men, to magicians
- ΜΑΓΟΝ — magician, a magician, sorcerer, a sorcerer, wise man, a wise man
- ΜΑΓΟΣ — magician, sorcerer, wise man, a wise man
- ΜΑΓΩ — (to) magi, (to) wise men, (to) sorcerers
- ΜΑΓΩΝ — of magi, of wise men, of sorcerers
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