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Koine Greek wordlink #809

SR GNT Mat 2:16 μάγων (magōn) ‘he was mocked by the wise_men was enraged exceedingly and’ Strongs=30970 Lemma=magos
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=masculine number=plural
Year=-4 TimeSeries=Herod_slays_male_children

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Other uses (1) of identical word form μάγων (N-GMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μάγων’ (N-GMP) is always and only glossed as ‘wise_men’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘μάγων’ (N-GMP) was always and only glossed as ‘magi’).

Mat 2:16 ‘he ascertained from the wise_men’ SR GNT Mat 2:16 word 40

OET-LV: 16 Then Haʸrōdaʸs, having _seen that he _was _mocked by the wise _men, was _enraged exceedingly and having _sent _out, he _killed all the boys which in Baʸthleʼem/(Bēyt-leḩem) and in all the regions of _it from two _year and lower, according _to the time which he _ascertained from the wise _men. (MAT_2:16)

OET-RV: 16 When King Herod realised that he’d been tricked by the watchers of signs, he got very angry and gave orders that all the sons in Bethlehem and its districts that were two years old and younger be killed, because that was the period that he’d found out from the watchers of signs. (MAT 2:16)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘magos’ have 2 different glosses: ‘magician’, ‘wise_men’.

Greek words (2) other than μάγων (N-GMP) with a gloss related to ‘wise_men’

MAT 2:1 μάγοι (magoi) N-NMP ‘the king see wise_men from east arrived’ SR GNT Mat 2:1 word 15

OET-LV: 2 And the Yaʸsous having _been _born in Baʸthleʼem/(Bēyt-leḩem) of_ the _Youdaia in the_days of _Haʸrōdaʸs the king, see, wise _men from east arrived in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) (MAT_2:1)

OET-RV: 2 After Yeshua had been born in Bethlehem in the province of Yudea during the time of King Herod, watchers of signs arrived in Yerushalem from the east (MAT 2:1)

MAT 2:7 μάγους (magous) N-AMP ‘secretly having called the wise_men ascertained from them’ SR GNT Mat 2:7 word 6

OET-LV: 7 Then Haʸrōdaʸs having_ secretly _called the wise _men, ascertained from them the time of _the appearing star. (MAT_2:7)

OET-RV: 7 Then Herod sent for the watchers of signs and met secretly with them to determine when the star had first appeared. (MAT 2:7)

Key: N=noun AMP=accusative,masculine,plural GMP=genitive,masculine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural