Words the Bible translates as magician
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- magosμάγοςa magician: a practitioner of sorcery and the occult arts, often a fraud who claims hidden power
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- an Eastern sage: a learned man from Persia or Babylon who read the stars, interpreted dreams, and advised kings
- ḥartomחַרְטֹםa learned priestly expert in sacred and hidden arts, skilled at interpreting dreams, working ritual magic, and divining; the specialist a pagan king keeps on staff.
- ḥartomחַרְטֹםmagiciannot studied yet
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