Strong's Lexicon

G1114

G1114 — γόης

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekgoesnounOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G1114
Word:γόης
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from goao "to wail"
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:goes
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:go'-ace
Meaning:1. (properly) a wizard (as muttering spells) 2. (by implication) an imposter
KJV Renderings:seducer

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

γόης, γοητος, (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: 2Ti 3:13; (Herodotus, Euripides, Plato, and subsequent writers).

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

γόης (seducer)

2 Timothy 3:13

KJV: But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived
GK: πονηροί δε άνθρωποι και γόητες προκόψουσιν επί το χείρον πλανώντες και πλανώμενοι
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