◄ 1114. goés ►
Strong's Concordance goés: a wailer, a sorcerer, a swindler Original Word: γόης, ητος, ὁ Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: goés Phonetic Spelling: (go'-ace) Short Definition: a conjurer, deceiver, imposter Definition: a conjuror, juggler, sorcerer; a tricky (crafty) deceiver, imposter. HELPS Word-studies 1114 góēs – originally, a sorcerer (in ancient Greek literature); in NT times, 1114 (góēs) is a swindler – a shameless cheat pretending to use supernatural power; an actor (cheap imposter), looking for self-gain, i.e. posing to be someone he isn't. 1114 /góēs ("a charlatan"), used only in 2 Tim 3:13, refers to a seducer (properly, a wailer) – a fraud who "sounds off" like a whining enchanter. This person uses their verbal spells and incantations to give the (false) impression they can do miracles. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1114: γόης γόης, 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). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance seducer. From goao (to wail); properly, a wizard (as muttering spells), i.e. (by implication) an imposter -- seducer. Forms and Transliterations γοητες γόητες goetes goētes góetes góētes Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 1114 1 Occurrence γόητες — 1 Occ. 2 Timothy 3:13 N-NMP GRK: ἄνθρωποι καὶ γόητες προκόψουσιν ἐπὶ NAS: men and impostors will proceed KJV: and seducers shall wax INT: men and impostors will advance to 1 Occurrence