μάγος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX for אַשָּׁף, Da LXX TH 2:2, 10, al. (cf. רַב־מָגchief magian, Je 39:3, 13);]
1. one of the Μάγοι, a Median tribe (Hdt).
2. a Magian, one of a sacred caste, originally Median, who seem to have conformed to the Persian religion, while retaining some of their old beliefs (v. DB, I vol., 565 f.; DB, iii, 203 ff.): Mt 2:1, 7, 16.
3. a wizard, sorcerer: Ac 13:6, 8 (cf. Wi 17:7, Ac 8:9, 11).†