Strong's #3097: magos (pronounced mag'-os)

of foreign origin (7248); a Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician:--sorcerer, wise man.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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magos

1) a magus

1a) the name given by the Babylonians (Chaldeans), Medes, Persians, and others, to the wise men, teachers, priests, physicians, astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, augers, soothsayers, sorcerers etc.

1b) the oriental wise men (astrologers) who, having discovered by the rising of a remarkable star that the Messiah had just been born, came to Jerusalem to worship him

1c) a false prophet and sorcerer

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Usage:

This word is used 6 times:

 

Matthew 2:1: "king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,"
Matthew 2:7: "when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time"
Matthew 2:16: "he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth,"
Matthew 2:16: "which he had diligently inquired of the wise men."
Acts 13:6: "Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name"
Acts 13:8: "But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation)"