Strong's Greek #1114 - γόης, ητος, ὁ goés (a wailer)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance seducer. From goao (to wail); properly, a wizard (as muttering spells), i.e. (by implication) an imposter -- seducer. Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 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). Englishman's Concordance (References) |