noun · masculine
goētos
Greekγόης (goēs)
Strong’sG1114
a conjurer, deceiver, imposter
stem goēt-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* γόης, -ητος, ὁ (γοάω, to wail),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1114 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidgo'-ace
properly, a wizard (as muttering spells), i.e. (by implication) an imposter
Fromfrom γοάω (to wail);
King Jamesseducer.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | goētos | goētois1×γόητες |
| object accusative | goēton | goētoin |
| direct address vocative | goētor | goētoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | goētou | goētoiu |
| to, for dative | goēto | goētoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
goēto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
goētois“impostors”subjectnominative plural1×
2 Timothy 3:13“impostors”ponērois de anthrōpois kai goētois prokoptali epi tem cheirōnem, planarōtois kai planirōtois.while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.