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1 | WHERE DID MAGI'S COME FROM? | Bible general Archive 1 | kalos | 29456 | ||
Magos (Strong's number 3097) Definition 1. a magus a. 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. b. 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 c. a false prophet and sorcerer Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain. "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". (http://www.biblestudytools.net/Lexicons/Greek) |
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2 | WHERE DID MAGI'S COME FROM? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 29479 | ||
Thank you Kalos. You saved me the trouble of looking it up. My translations give "magi" or "astrologers." "From the East" would indicate Persia, where the Magi were Court advisers, wise men and astrologers. Some associate them with the priesly caste of the Zorastrian religion of Persia. Emmaus |
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