ΓΟΗΤΕΣ, γοητες
GOĒTES, goētes
Sounds Like: GOH-tess
Translations: impostors, deceivers, sorcerers, charlatans
From the root: ΓΟΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to individuals who practice deception, trickery, or magic. It can describe charlatans, swindlers, or those who use spells and enchantments. In a sentence, it would typically refer to a group of such people, often with negative connotations.
Inflection: Plural, Masculine, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1114 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Timothy — 3:13
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 8:167
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 13:15
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Timothy — 3:13
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
- ΓΟΗΤΩΝ — of impostors, of deceivers, of charlatans, of sorcerers
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