Bible Question: WHERE DID THE MAGI'S THAT PRESENTED THE LORD GIFTS CAME FROM, AND WHAT WAS THEIR RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND? |
Bible Answer: 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) |