Strong's Lexicon goés: Sorcerer, enchanter, deceiver Original Word: γόης HELPS Word-studies 1114 góēs – originally, a sorcerer (in ancient Greek literature); in NT times, 1114 (góēs) is a swindler – a shameless cheat pretending to use supernatural power; an actor (cheap imposter), looking for self-gain, i.e. posing to be someone he isn't. 1114 /góēs ("a charlatan"), used only in 2 Tim 3:13, refers to a seducer (properly, a wailer) – a fraud who "sounds off" like a whining enchanter. This person uses their verbal spells and incantations to give the (false) impression they can do miracles. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom goaó (to wail) Definition a wailer, a sorcerer, a swindler NASB Translation impostors (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1114: γόηςγόης, γοητος, ὁ (γοάω to bewail, howl); 1. a wailer, howler: Aeschylus choëph. 823 (Hermann, et al. γοητής). 2. a juggler, enchanter (because incantations used to be uttered in a kind of howl). 3. a deceiver, impostor: 2 Timothy 3:13; (Herodotus, Euripides, Plato, and subsequent writers). From goao (to wail); properly, a wizard (as muttering spells), i.e. (by implication) an imposter -- seducer. |
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