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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79161" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79161" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: μάγος ''' (Strong'S #3097 Noun Masculine magos mag'-os ) </div> <p> (a) "one of a median caste, a magician:" see | <div> '''1: μάγος ''' (Strong'S #3097 Noun Masculine magos mag'-os ) </div> <p> (a) "one of a median caste, a magician:" see WISE; (b) "a wizard, sorcerer, a pretender to magic powers, a professor of the arts of witchcraft," Acts 13:6,8 , where [[Bar-Jesus]] was the [[Jewish]] name, Elymas, an Arabic word meaning "wise." Hence the name Magus, "the magician," originally applied to [[Persian]] priests. In the Sept., only in Daniel 2:2,10 , of the "enchanters," RV (AV, "astrologers"), of Babylon. The superior Greek version of Daniel by [[Theodotion]] has it also at 1:20; 2:27; 4:7; 5:7,11,15. </p> <div> '''2: φάρμακος ''' (Strong'S #5333 Adjective pharmakos far-mak-os' ) </div> <p> an adjective signifying "devoted to magical arts," is used as a noun, "a sorcerer," especially one who uses drugs, potions, spells, enchantments, Revelation 21:8 , in the best texts (some have pharmakeus), and Revelation 22:15 . </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17209" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17209" /> == | ||
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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63428" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63428" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> SOR'CERER, L. sors, lot. A conjurer an enchanter a magician. The [[Egyptian]] sorcerers contended with Moses. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43993" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43993" /> == | ||
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_176901" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_176901" /> == | ||
<p> (n.) | <p> (n.) A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68957" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68957" /> == | ||
<p> See | <p> See DIVINATION. </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16603" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16603" /> == | ||
<p> [ | <p> [DIVINATION] </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
