Greek noun (masculine) · G3097
μάγος
magosmag'-os
one of the Μάγοι, a Median tribe (Hat).; a Magian, one of a sacred caste, originally Median, who seem to have conformed to the Persian religion, while retaining some of their old beliefs; a wizard, sorcerer
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mágos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3097is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3097
a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician
The King James renders it: sorcerer, wise man.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
magos is rendered "one of the Μάγοι, a Median tribe (Hat).; a Magian, one of a sacred caste, originally Median, who seem to have conformed to the Persian religion, while retaining some of their old beliefs; a wizard, sorcerer". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Four of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "one of the Μάγοι, a Median tribe (Hat).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
Matthew 2:1μάγοι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: one of the Μάγοι, a Median tribe (Hat)., and a Magian, one of a sacred caste, originally Median, who seem to have conformed to the Persian religion, while retaining some of their old beliefs, and a wizard, sorcerer.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| one of the Μάγοι, a Median tribe (Hat). | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod… |
| a Magian, one of a sacred caste, originally Median, who seem to have conformed to the Persian religion, while retaining some of their old beliefs(see DB, I vol., 565 f.; DB, iii, 203 ff.): Mat.2:1, 7 2:16 | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod… |
| a wizard, sorcererAct.13:6 | Tagged as
| WhereActs 8:1And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μάγοι1
- μάγον1
- μάγος1
- μάγους1
- μάγων1
- μάγων.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2N-GPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1N-APM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1N-NPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1N-NSM
Matthew
four uses
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
- μάγοιmagoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Magi
Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
- μάγουςmagousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: Magi
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
- μάγωνmagonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Magi
- μάγων.¶magonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: Magi
Acts
two uses
They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
- μάγονmagonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: magician
But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
- μάγοςmagosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: magician —
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.