Strong's G3095: μαγεία (mageía) Meaning

Quick Definition

μαγεία, ας, ἡ n.f. magic

Strong's Definition

"magic"

Derivation: from G3096 (μαγεύω);

KJV Usage: sorcery

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μαγεία (G3095)

noun, f. | -ας | μαγεύω

53.96 · Religious Activities · Magic

to practice magic, to employ witchcraft, magic to practice magic, presumably by invoking supernatural powers

ACT 8:11

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μαγεία (T WH payia, see I, ¢), -as, ἡ, (μάγος, q- V-), magic; plur. magic arts, sorceries: Acts viii.11. (Theophr., Joseph., Plut., al.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μαγεία mageia 1x

pr. the system of the magians; magic, Acts 8:11*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* μαγία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ

(< μάγος),

the lore of the Magians (Plat.).

magic: pl., magic arts, sorceries: Ac 8:11.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μαγία / μαγεία [page 385] μαγία , μαγεία , found in Act_8:11 , may be illustrated from Wόnsch AF p. 16 .14 (iii/A.D.) ὁρκίζω σε τὸν θεὸν τὸν πάσης μαγείας τὴν ἐω̣γ̣σιν ἀνθρωπίνην σειυπν̣ . . ., where the editor understands the last words as equivalent to something like τὸν πάσης μαγείας τὴν γνῶσιν ἀνθρωπίνην πορίσαντα , and remarks that magic is originally something divine, holy (ἱερᾶς μαγείας pap. Parth. 1 127).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μαγεία (mageia) — magic. μᾰγεία, ἡ, theology of the Magians, μ. ἡ Ζωροάστρου [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. magic, [NT+4th c.BC+]; τὴν γοητικὴν μ. οὐδ᾽ ἔγνωσαν [οἱ μάγοι] [Refs 4th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

μαγία (Rec. -εία), -ας, ἡ (μάγος), __1. the lore of the Magians (Plat.). __2. magic: pl., magic arts, sorceries: Act.8:11.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

8:11

G3095 μαγεία (mageía)