verb
mageuamō
Strong’sG3096
I practice sorcery or magic
stem mageu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* μαγεύω (Eur., Plut., al.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3096 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmag-yoo'-o
to practice magic
Fromfrom G3097;
King Jamesuse sorcery.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
to be a Magus or skilled in Magian lore, Refs 1st c.AD+
II use magic arts, Refs 5th c.BC+
III transitive, bewitch, e.g. by philtres, Refs 3rd c.AD+:—passive, Refs 4th c.BC+
III.2 call forth by magic arts, ἔμψυχα Refs 1st c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| mageuarōntosμαγεύων | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | practiced sorcery | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mageuamō | mageuame | mageuami | mageuama | mageuamē | mageuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | mageuasō | mageuase | mageuasi | mageuasa | mageuasē | mageuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mageuatō | mageuate | mageuati | mageuata | mageuatē | mageuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | mageuanō | mageuane | mageuani | mageuana | mageuanē | mageuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | mageuavō | mageuave | mageuavi | mageuava | mageuavē | mageuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | mageualō | mageuale | mageuali | mageuala | mageualē | mageualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mageuameiō | mageuameia | mageuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | mageuaseiō | mageuaseia | mageuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mageuateiō | mageuateia | mageuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | mageuaneiō | mageuaneia | mageuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | mageuaveiō | mageuaveia | mageuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | mageualeiō | mageualeia | mageualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | mageuasōr | mageuasar | mageuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mageuatōr | mageuatar | mageuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | mageuavōr | mageuavar | mageuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | mageualōr | mageualar | mageualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | mageuamoiō | mageuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | mageuasoiō | mageuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | mageuatoiō | mageuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | mageuanoiō | mageuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | mageuavoiō | mageuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | mageualoiō | mageualoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | mageuarō | mageuari | mageuara | mageuarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | mageuarōntos1×μαγεύων | mageuarintos | mageuarantos | mageuarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
mageu 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
mageuarōntos“practiced sorcery”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Acts 8:9… onome Simōnos prouparchate en ta pola mageuarōntos kai ekstēarōntos tem ethnem tau Samareiau, …… time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the …