STRONGS G3097:
μάγος,
μαγου,
ὁ (Hebrew
מַג, plural
מָגִים; a word of Indo-Germanic origin; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, ii., p. 786; J. G. Müller in
Herzog viii., p. 678; (
Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word; but the word is now regarded by many as of Babylonian origin; see Schrader, Keilinschriften as above with 2te Aufl., p. 417ff)); from
Sophocles and
Herodotus down; the
Sept. Daniel 2:2 and several times in
Theod. ad Dan. for
אַשָׁף;
a magus; the name given by the Babylonians (Chaldaeans), Medes, Persians, and others, to the wise men, teachers, priests, physicians, astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, augurs, soothsayers, sorcerers etc.; cf.
Winers RWB, under the word; J. G. Müller in
Herzog, the passage cited, pp. 675-685; Holtzmann in
Schenkel iv., p. 84f; (
BB. DD., under the word ). In the N. T. the name is given:
1. to the oriental wise men (astrologers) who, having discovered by the rising of a remarkable star (see
ἀστήρ, and cf. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, i. 209ff) that the Messiah had just been born, came to Jerusalem to worship him:
Matthew 2:1,
7,
16.
2. to false prophets and sorcerers:
Acts 13:6,
8,cf.
8:9,
11.
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