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Koine Greek wordlink #579

SR GNT Mat 2:7 μάγους (magous) ‘secretly having called the wise_men ascertained from them’ Strongs=30970 Lemma=magos
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=-4 TimeSeries=Wise_Men_Visit_Herod Referred to from Word #583 Referred to from Word #596 Referred to from Word #598 Referred to from Word #606 Referred to from Word #616 Referred to from Word #618 Referred to from Word #628 Referred to from Word #634 Referred to from Word #646 Referred to from Word #650 Referred to from Word #655 Referred to from Word #659 Referred to from Word #671 Referred to from Word #672 Referred to from Word #675 Referred to from Word #678 Referred to from Word #679 Referred to from Word #688 Referred to from Word #692 Referred to from Word #698 Referred to from Word #703

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Only use of identical word form μάγους (N-AMP) in the Greek originals

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

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

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

Greek words (3) other than μάγους (N-AMP) 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

MAT 2:16 μάγων (magōn) N-GMP ‘he was mocked by the wise_men was enraged exceedingly and’ SR GNT Mat 2:16 word 8

MAT 2:16 μάγων (magōn) N-GMP ‘he ascertained from the wise_men’ SR GNT Mat 2:16 word 40

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