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magos

magos {mag'-os}
Greek: noun masculine

Possible Definitions:
1) a magus; the name given by the Babylonians (Chaldeans), Medes, Persians, and others, to the wise men, teachers, priests, physicians, astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, augers, soothsayers, sorcerers etc.
1a) to the oriental wise men (astrologers) who, having discovered by the rising of a remarkable star that the Messiah had just been born, came to Jerusalem to worship him
1b) to false prophets and sorcerers

magos {mag'-os}

Greek: noun masculine

of foreign origin [7248];

Translated as:

wise man (4 times)

sorcerer (2 times)

Total: 6 times

Strong's Number 3097

TDNT - 4:356,547