King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1114
Transliteration: goēs
Phonetic Spelling: (go'-ace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a wailer, a sorcerer, a swindler
Meaning: a wailer, a sorcerer, a swindler
γόης, γοητος, ὁ (γοάω to bewail, howl);
Word Summary
goēs: a wailer, a sorcerer, a swindler
Original Word: γόηςTransliteration: goēs
Phonetic Spelling: (go'-ace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a wailer, a sorcerer, a swindler
Meaning: a wailer, a sorcerer, a swindler
Strong's Concordance
seducer. From goao (to wail); properly, a wizard (as muttering spells), i.e. (by implication) an imposter -- seducer.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1114: γόηςγόης, γοητος, ὁ (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: 2 Timothy 3:13; (Herodotus, Euripides, Plato, and subsequent writers).