Strong's Greek · G3097
μάγος
mágos
sorcerer, wise man
Definition
a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician
Derivation
of foreign origin (H07248);
Appears 6 times in Scripture
“When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.”
“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,”
“But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.”
“Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.”
“They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).