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MAGIC @ Miscellaneous Topics relating to (A) DIVINATION- kjv@Genesis:44:15; kjv@Numbers:22:7; kjv@Deuteronomy:18:14; kjv@1Samuel:6:2; kjv@Jeremiah:27:9 kjv@Ezekiel:13:23; kjv@Ezekiel:21:21; kjv@Zechariah:10:2; kjv@Acts:16:16 (B) MAGICIANS- kjv@Genesis:41:24; kjv@Exodus:7:11; kjv@Exodus:8:19; kjv@Exodus:9:11; kjv@Daniel:2:2; kjv@Daniel:4:7 Wise Men, WISDOM (C) NECROMANCY- kjv@Deuteronomy:18:11; kjv@1Samuel:28:11; kjv@Isaiah:8:19 (D) SOOTHSAYERS- kjv@Isaiah:2:6; kjv@Daniel:2:27; kjv@Daniel:5:7; kjv@Micah:5:12; kjv@Acts:16:16 (E) SORCERY- kjv@Deuteronomy:18:10; kjv@2Kings:17:17; kjv@2Kings:21:6; kjv@Isaiah:47:9; kjv@Malachi:3:5 kjv@Acts:8:11; kjv@Acts:13:6; kjv@Revelation:18:23; kjv@Revelation:21:8 (F) WITCHCRAFT- kjv@Exodus:22:18; kjv@Leviticus:19:31; kjv@Leviticus:20:6; kjv@1Samuel:15:23; kjv@1Samuel:28:7; kjv@2Kings:9:22 kjv@2Kings:23:24; kjv@1Chronicles:10:13; kjv@Isaiah:8:19; kjv@Isaiah:19:3; kjv@Isaiah:29:4; kjv@Micah:5:12; kjv@Galatians:5:20 (G) LYING WONDERS, spurious Miracles- kjv@Exodus:7:11,22; kjv@Exodus:8:7; kjv@Matthew:7:22; kjv@Matthew:24:24; kjv@2Thessalonians:2:9; kjv@Revelation:13:13; kjv@Revelation:16:14; kjv@Revelation:19:20

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MAGI - M>@ - (Authorized Version wise men). In the Hebrew text of the Old Testament the word occurs but twice, and then only incidentally. kjv@Jeremiah:29:3 kjv@Jeremiah:29:13) "Originally they were a class of priests among the Persians and Medes who formed the king’s privy council, and cultivated as trology, medicine and occult natural science. They are frequently referred to by ancient authors. Afterward the term was applied to all eastern philosophers."
Schaff’s Popular Commentary. They appear in Herodotus’ history of Astyages as interpreters of dreams, kjv@1:120; but as they appear in Jeremiah among the retinue of the Chaldean king, we must suppose Nebuchadnezzar’s conquests led him to gather round him the wise men and religious teachers of the nations which he subdued, and that thus the sacred tribe of the Medes rose under his rule to favor and power. The Magi took their places among "the astrologers and star gazers and monthly prognosticators." It is with such men that, we have to think of Daniel and his fellow exiles as associated. The office which Daniel accepted kjv@Daniel:5:11) was probably rab-mag
chief of the Magi. The word presented itself to the Greeks as connected with a foreign system of divination and it soon became a byword for the worst form of imposture. This is the predominant meaning of the word as it appears in the New Testament. kjv@Acts:8:9 kjv@Acts:13:8) In one memorable instance, however, the word retains its better meaning. In the Gospel of St. Matthew, ch. kjv@Matthew:2:1-12) the Magi appear as "wise men"
properly Magians
who were guided by a star from "the east" to Jerusalem, where they suddenly appeared in the days of Herod the Great, inquiring for the new-born king of the Jews, whom they had come to worship. As to the country from which they came, opinions vary greatly; but their following the guidance of a star seems to point to the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates, where astronomy was Cultivated by the Chaldeans.
See STAR OF THE WISE MEN OF THE EAST (Why should the new star lead these wise men to look for a king of the Jews?

(1) These wise men from Persia were the most like the Jews, in religion, of all nations in the world. They believed in one God, they had no idols, they worshipped light as the best symbol of God.

(2) The general expectation of such a king. "The Magi," says) Ellicott, "express the feeling which the Roman historians Tacitus and Suetonius tell us sixty or seventy years later had been for a long time very widely diffused. Everywhere throughout the East men were looking for the advent of a great king who was to rise from among the Jews. It had fermented in the minds of men, heathen as well as Jews, and would have led them to welcome Jesus as the Christ had he come in accordance with their expectation." Virgil, who lived a little before this, owns that a child from heaven was looked for, who should restore the golden age and take away sin.

(3) This expectation arose largely from the dispersion of the Jews among all nations, carrying with them the hope and the promise of a divine Redeemer. Isai 9, 11; Dani 7

(4) Daniel himself was a prince and chief among this very class of wise men. His prophecies: were made known to them; and the calculations by which he pointed to the very time when Christ should be born became, through the book of Daniel, a part of their ancient literature.
ED.) According to a late tradition, the Magi are represented as three kings, named Gaspar, Melchior and Belthazar, who take their place among the objects of Christian reverence, and are honored as the patron saints of travellers.

MAGIC, MAGICIANS - M>@ - Magic is "the science or practice of evoking spirits, or educing the occult powers of nature to produce effects apparently supernatural." It formed an essential element in many ancient religions, especially among the Persians, Chaldeans and Egyptians. The Hebrews had no magic of their own. It was so strictly forbidden by the law that it could never afterward have had any: recognized existence, save in times of general heresy or apostasy and the same was doubtless the case in the patriarchal ages. The magical practices which obtained among the Hebrews were therefore borrowed from the nations around. From the first entrance into the land of promise until the destruction of Jerusalem we have constant glimpses of magic practiced in secret, or resorted to not alone by the common but also as the great. It is a distinctive characteristic of the Bible that from first to last it warrants no such trust or dread. Laban attached great value to, and was in the habit of consulting, images. kjv@Genesis:31:30-32) During the plagues in Egypt the magicians appear. kjv@Exodus:7:11 kjv@Exodus:8:18-19) Balaam also practiced magic. kjv@Numbers:22:7) Saul consulted the witch of Endor. An examination of the various notices of magic in the Bible gives this general result: They do not, act far as can be understood, once state positively that any but illusive results were produced by magical rites. (Even the magicians of Egypt could imitate the plagues sent through Moses only so long as they had previous notice and time to prepare. The time Moses sent the plague unannounced the magicians failed; they "did so with their enchantments," but in vain. So in the case of the witch of Endor. Samuel appearance was apparently unexpected by her; he did not come through the enchantments.
Ed.) The Scriptures therefore afford no evidence that man can gain supernatural powers to use at his will. This consequence goes some way toward showing that we may conclude that there is no such thing se real magic; for although it is dangerous to reason on negative evidence, yet in a case of this kind it is especially strong. DIVINATION

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Magic @ The Jews seem early to have consulted the teraphim (q.v.) for oracular answers kjv@Judges:18:5-6; kjv@Zechariah:10:2). There is a remarkable illustration of this divining by teraphim in kjv@Ezekiel:21:19-22. We read also of the divining cup of Joseph kjv@Genesis:44:5). The magicians of Egypt are frequently referred to in the history of the Exodus. Magic was an inherent part of the ancient Egyptian religion, and entered largely into their daily life. All magical arts were distinctly prohibited under penalty of death in the Mosaic law. The Jews were commanded not to learn the "abomination" of the people of the Promised Land kjv@Leviticus:19:31; kjv@Deuteronomy:18:9-14). The history of Saul's consulting the witch of Endor ( kjv@1Samuel:28:3-20) gives no warrant for attributing supernatural power to magicians. From the first the witch is here only a bystander. The practice of magic lingered among the people till after the Captivity, when they gradually abandoned it. It is not much referred to in the New Testament. The Magi mentioned in kjv@Matthew:2:1-12 were not magicians in the ordinary sense of the word. They belonged to a religious caste, the followers of Zoroaster, the astrologers of the East. Simon, a magician, was found by Philip at Samaria kjv@Acts:8:9-24); and Paul and Barnabas encountered Elymas, a Jewish sorcerer, at Paphos (13:6-12). At Ephesus there was a great destruction of magical books kjv@Acts:19:18-19).

Magicians @ Heb. hartumim, kjv@Daniel:1:20) were sacred scribes who acted as interpreters of omens, or "revealers of secret things."

Magistrate @ a public civil officer invested with authority. The Hebrew shophetim, or judges, were magistrates having authority in the land kjv@Deuteronomy:1:16-17). In kjv@Judges:18:7 the word "magistrate" (A.V.) is rendered in the Revised Version "possessing authority", i.e., having power to do them harm by invasion. In the time of Ezra (9:2) and Nehemiah (2:16; kjv@4:14; 13:11) the Jewish magistrates were called seganim, properly meaning "nobles." In the New Testament the Greek word archon, rendered "magistrate" kjv@Luke:12:58; kjv@Titus:3:1), means one first in power, and hence a prince, as in kjv@Matthew:20:25, kjv@1Corinthians:2:6-8. This term is used of the Messiah, "Prince of the kings of the earth" kjv@Revelation:1:5). In kjv@Acts:16:20-22, 35, 36, 38, the Greek term strategos, rendered "magistrate," properly signifies the leader of an army, a general, one having military authority. The strategoi were the duumviri, the two praetors appointed to preside over the administration of justice in the colonies of the Romans. They were attended by the sergeants (properly lictors or "rod bearers").

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Magistrates @ Are appointed by God kjv@Romans:13:1
Are ministers of God kjv@Romans:13:4 kjv@Romans:13:6
Purpose of their appointment kjv@Romans:13:4 kjv@1Peter:2:14
Their office to be respected kjv@Acts:23:5
Are not a terror to the good, but to the evil kjv@Romans:13:3
To be wisely selected and appointed kjv@Exodus:18:21 kjv@Ezra:7:25
To be prayed for kjv@1Timothy:2:1 kjv@1Timothy:2:2
Should
Seek wisdom from God kjv@1Kings:3:9
Rule in the fear of God kjv@2Samuel:23:3 kjv@2Chronicles:19:7
Know the law of God kjv@Ezra:7:25
Be faithful to the Sovereign kjv@Daniel:6:4
Enforce the laws kjv@Ezra:7:26
Judge wisely kjv@1Kings:3:16-28
Hate covetousness kjv@Exodus:18:21
Not take bribes kjv@Exodus:23:8 kjv@Deuteronomy:16:19
Defend the poor kjv@Job:29:12 kjv@Job:29:16
Judge for God, not for man kjv@2Chronicles:19:6
Judge righteously kjv@Deuteronomy:1:16 kjv@Deuteronomy:16:18 kjv@Deuteronomy:25:1
Be impartial kjv@Exodus:23:6 kjv@Deuteronomy:1:17
Be diligent in ruling kjv@Romans:12:8
Subjection to their authority enjoined kjv@Matthew:23:2 kjv@Matthew:23:3 kjv@Romans:13:1 kjv@1Peter:2:13 kjv@1Peter:2:14
Wicked
- Illustrated kjv@Proverbs:28:15
Good
- Exemplified
Joseph kjv@Genesis:41:46
Gideon kjv@Judges:8:35
Samuel kjv@1Samuel:12:3 kjv@1Samuel:12:4 kjv@Ezra:10:1-9
Nehemiah kjv@Nehemiah:3:15
Job kjv@Job:29:16
Daniel kjv@Daniel:6:3
Wicked
- Exemplified
Sons of Samuel kjv@1Samuel:8:3
Pilate kjv@Matthew:27:24 kjv@Matthew:27:26
Magistrates in Philippi kjv@Acts:16:22 kjv@Acts:16:23
Gallio kjv@Acts:18:16 kjv@Acts:18:17
Felix kjv@Acts:24:26

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MAGI @
- The wise men from the east who visited Jesus as an infant kjv@Matthew:2:1-12

MAGIC @
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See ASTROLOGY
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See MAGICIAN
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See NECROMANCY
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See SORCERY
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See WITCHCRAFT

MAGICIAN @
- A person who claims to understand and explain mysteries by magic kjv@Daniel:1:20
- Failed to interpret Pharaoh's dreams kjv@Genesis:41:8 kjv@Genesis:41:24
- Nebuchadnezzars kjv@Daniel:2:2-13; kjv@Daniel:4:7
- Wrought apparent miracles kjv@Exodus:7:11-12 kjv@Exodus:7:22; kjv@Exodus:8:7 kjv@Exodus:8:18

MAGISTRATE @
- An officer of civil law kjv@Judges:18:7; kjv@Ezra:7:25; kjv@Acts:16:20-22 kjv@Acts:16:Luke:12:11 kjv@Luke:12:58 35, 38
- Obedience to, enjoined kjv@Titus:3:1
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See GOVERNMENT
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kjv@STRING:Elymas <HITCHCOCK>@ a magician, a corrupter - HITCHCOCK-E

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H1897 <STRHEB>@ הגה hâgâh haw-gaw' A primitive root (compare H1901); to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication to ponder: - {imagine} {meditate} {mourn} {mutter} {roar} X {sore} {speak} {study} {talk} utter.

H2050 <STRHEB>@ התת hâthath haw-thath' A primitive root; properly to break in {upon} that {is} to assail: - imagine mischief.

H2161 <STRHEB>@ זמם zâmam zaw-mam' A primitive root; to {plan} usually in a bad sense: - {consider} {devise} {imagine} {plot} {purpose} think (evil).

H2445 <STRHEB>@ חכּים chakkîym khak-keem' (Chaldee); from a root corresponding to H2449; {wise} that {is} a Magian: - wise.

H2554 <STRHEB>@ חמס châmas khaw-mas' A primitive root; to be violent; by implication to maltreat: - make {bare} shake {off} {violate} do {violence} take away {violently} {wrong} imagine wrongfully.

H2748 <STRHEB>@ חרטם charţôm khar-tome' From the same as H2747; a horoscopist (as drawing magical lines or circles): - magician.

H2749 <STRHEB>@ חרטם charţôm khar-tome' (Chaldee); the same as H2748: - magician.

H2790 <STRHEB>@ חרשׁ chârash khaw-rash' A primitive root; to {scratch} that {is} (by implication) to {engrave} plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be {silent} to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness): - X {altogether} {cease} {conceal} be {deaf} {devise} {ear} {graven} {imagine} leave off {speaking} hold {peace} plow ({-er} {-man}) be {quiet} {rest} practise {secretly} keep {silence} be {silent} speak not a {word} be {still} hold {tongue} worker.

H2791 <STRHEB>@ חרשׁ cheresh kheh'-resh From H2790; magical craft; also silence: - {cunning} secretly.

H2797 <STRHEB>@ חרשׁא charshâ' khar-shaw' From H2792; magician; {Charsha} one of the Nethinim: - Harsha.

H2803 <STRHEB>@ חשׁב châshab khaw-shab' A primitive root; properly to plait or {interpenetrate} that {is} (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to {think} regard6 {value} compute: - (make) account ({of}) {conceive} {consider} {count} cunning ({man} {work} {workman}) {devise} {esteem} find {out} {forecast} {hold} {imagine} {impute} {invent} be {like} {mean} {purpose} reckon (-ing be {made}) {regard} think.

H3336 <STRHEB>@ יצר yêtser yay'-tser From H3335; a form; figuratively conception (that {is} purpose): - {frame} thing {framed} {imagination} {mind} work.

H3423 <STRHEB>@ ירשׁ ירשׁ yârash yârêsh {yaw-rash'} yaw-raysh' A primitive root; to occupy (be driving out previous {tenants} and possessing in their place); by implication to {seize} to {rob} to inherit; also to {expel} to {impoverish} to ruin: - cast {out} {consume} {destroy} {disinherit} {dispossess} drive (-ing) {out} {enjoy} {expel} X without {fail} (give {to} leave for) inherit ({-ance} {-or}) + {magistrate} be (make) {poor} come to {poverty} (give {to} make to) {possess} get (have) in (take) {possession} seize {upon} {succeed} X utterly.

H3742 <STRHEB>@ כּרוּב kerûb ker-oob' Of uncertain derivation; a cherub or imaginary figure: - {cherub} [plural] cherubims.

H3755 <STRHEB>@ כּרם kôrêm ko-rame Active participle of an imaginary denominative from H3754; a vinedresser; as one or two words: - vine dresser [as one or two words].

H3779 <STRHEB>@ כּשׂדּי kaώday kas-dah'ee (Chaldee); corresponding to H3778; a Chaldaean or inhabitant of Chaldaea; by implication a Magian or professional astrologer: - Chaldean.

H3784 <STRHEB>@ כּשׁף kâshaph kaw-shaf' A primitive root; properly to whisper a {spell} that {is} to inchant or practise magic: - {sorcerer} (use) witch (-craft).

H3785 <STRHEB>@ כּשׁף kesheph keh'-shef From H3784; magic: - {sorcery} witchcraft.

H3786 <STRHEB>@ כּשּׁף kashshâph kash-shawf' From H3784; a magician: - sorcerer.

H3858 <STRHEB>@ להט lahaţ lah'-hat From H3857; a blaze; also (from the idea of enwrapping) magic (as covert): - {flaming} enchantment.

H3907 <STRHEB>@ לחשׁ lâchash law-khash' A primitive root; to whisper; by implication to mumble a spell (as a magician): - {charmer} whisper (together).

H4284 <STRHEB>@ מחשׁבת מחשׁבה machăshâbâh machăshebeth {makh-ash-aw-baw'} makh-ash-eh'-beth From H2803; a {contrivance} that {is} (concretely) a {texture} {machine} or (abstractly) {intention} plan (whether {bad} a plot; or {good} advice): - cunning ({work}) curious {work} device ({-sed}) {imagination} {invented} {means} {purpose} thought.

H4906 <STRHEB>@ משׂכּית maώkîyth mas-keeth' From the same as H7906; a figure (carved on {stone} the {wall} or any object); figuratively imagination: - {conceit} image ({-ry}) {picture} X wish.

H430 <STRHEB>@ אלהים 'ĕlôhîym el-o-heem' Plural of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative: - {angels} X {exceeding} God (gods) ({-dess} {-ly}) X (very) {great} {judges} X mighty.

H5172 <STRHEB>@ נחשׁ nâchash naw-khash' A primitive root; properly to {hiss} that {is} whisper a (magic) spell; generally to prognosticate: - X {certainly} {divine} {enchanter} (use) X {enchantment} learn by {experience} X {indeed} diligently observe.

H6049 <STRHEB>@ ענן ‛ânan aw-nan' A primitive root; to cover; used only as denominative from {H6051} to cloud over; figuratively to act {covertly} that {is} practise magic: - X {bring} {enchanter} {Meonemin} observe (-r of) {times} {soothsayer} sorcerer.

H6114 <STRHEB>@ עצר ‛etser eh'-tser From H6113; restraint: - + magistrate.

H6414 <STRHEB>@ פּליל pâlîyl paw-leel' From H6419; a magistrate: - judge.

H6520 <STRHEB>@ פּרזון perâzôn per-aw-zone' From the same as H6518; {magistracy} that {is} leadership (also concretely chieftains): - village.

H7080 <STRHEB>@ קסם qâsam kaw-sam' A primitive root; properly to {distribute} that {is} determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication to divine: - divine ({-r} {-ation}) {prudent} {soothsayer} use [divination].

H7101 <STRHEB>@ קצין qâtsîyn kaw-tseen' From H7096 in the sense of determining; a magistrate (as deciding) or other leader: - {captain} {guide} {prince} ruler. Compare H6278.

H7248 <STRHEB>@ רב־מג rab-mâg rab-mawg' From H7227 and a foreign word for a Magian; chief Magian; {Rab-Mag} a Babylonian official: - Rab-mag.

H7860 <STRHEB>@ שׁטר shôţêr sho-tare' Active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write; properly a {scribe} that {is} (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate: - {officer} {overseer} ruler.

H7861 <STRHEB>@ שׁטריo shiţray shit-rah'ee From the same as H7860; magisterial; {Shitrai} an Israelite: - Shitrai.

H8200 <STRHEB>@ שׁפט shephaţ shef-at' (Chaldee); corresponding to H8199; to judge: - magistrate.

H8307 <STRHEB>@ שׁרירוּת sherîyrûth sher-ee-rooth' From H8324 in the sense of {twisted} that {is} firm; obstinacy: - {imagination} lust.

G1233 <STRGRK>@ διάγνωσις diagnōsis dee-ag'-no-sis From G1231; (magisterial) examination (diagnosis): - hearing.

G1261 <STRGRK>@ διαλογισμός dialogismos dee-al-og-is-mos' From G1260; discussion that is (internal) consideration (by implication purpose) or (external) debate: - dispute doubtful (-ing) imagination reasoning thought.

G1271 <STRGRK>@ διάνοια dianoia dee-an'-oy-ah From G1223 and G3563; deep thought properly the faculty (mind or its disposition) by implication its exercise: - imagination mind understanding.

G1849 <STRGRK>@ ἐξουσία exousia ex-oo-see'-ah From G1832 (in the sense of ability); privilege that is (subjectively) force capacity6 competency freedom or (objectively) mastery (concretely magistrate superhuman6 potentate token of control) delegated influence: - authority jurisdiction liberty power right strength.

G2316 <STRGRK>@ θεός theos theh'-os Of uncertain affinity; a deity especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very: - X exceeding God god [-ly -ward].

G2976 <STRGRK>@ Λάζαρος Lazaros lad'-zar-os Probably of Hebrew origin [H499]; Lazarus (that is Elazar) the name of two Israelites (one imaginary): - Lazarus.

G3053 <STRGRK>@ λογισμός logismos log-is-mos' From G3049; computation that is (figuratively) reasoning (conscience conceit): - imagination thought.

G3095 <STRGRK>@ μαγεία mageia mag-i'-ah From G3096; magic: - sorcery.

G3096 <STRGRK>@ μαγεύω mageuō mag-yoo'-o From G3097; to practice magic: - use sorcery.

G3097 <STRGRK>@ μάγος magos mag'-os Of foreign origin [H7248]; a Magian that is Oriental scientist; by implication a magician: - sorcerer wise man.

G3191 <STRGRK>@ μελετάω meletaō mel-et-ah'-o From a presumed derivative of G3199; to take care of that is (by implication) revolve in the mind: - imagine (pre-) meditate.

G3633 <STRGRK>@ οἴομαι οἶμαι oiomai oimai oy'-om-ahee oy'-mahee Middle voice apparently from G3634; to make like (oneself) that is imagine (be of the opinion): - suppose think.

G3980 <STRGRK>@ πειθαρχέω peitharcheō pi-tharkh-eh'-o From a compound of G3982 and G757; to be persuaded by a ruler that is (generally) to submit to authority; by analogy to conform to advice: - hearken obey (magistrates).

G4021 <STRGRK>@ περίεργος periergos per-ee'-er-gos From G4012 and G2041; working all around that is officious (meddlesome neuter plural magic): - busybody curious arts.

G4173 <STRGRK>@ πολιτάρχης politarchēs pol-it-ar'-khace From G4172 and G757; a town officer that is magistrate: - ruler of the city.

G4254 <STRGRK>@ προάγω proagō pro-ag'-o From G4253 and G71; to lead forward (magisterially); intransitively to precede (in place or time [participle previous]): - bring (forth out) go before.

G4755 <STRGRK>@ στρατηγός stratēgos strat-ay-gos' From the base of G4756 and G71 or G2233; a general that is (by implication or analogy) a (military) governor (praetor) the chief (praefect) of the (Levitical) temple wardens: - captain magistrate.

G5331 <STRGRK>@ φαρμακεία pharmakeia far-mak-i'-ah From G5332; medication (pharmacy) that is (by extension) magic (literal or figurative): - sorcery witchcraft.

G5332 <STRGRK>@ φαρμακεύς pharmakeus far-mak-yoos' From φάρμακον pharmakon (a drug that is spell giving potion); a druggist (pharmacist) or poisoner that is (by extension) a magician: - sorcerer.

G746 <STRGRK>@ ἀρχή archē ar-khay' From G756; (properly abstract) a commencement or (concrete) chief (in various applications of order time place or rank): - beginning corner (at the the) first (estate) magistrate power principality principle rule.

G758 <STRGRK>@ ἄρχων archōn ar'-khone Present participle of G757; a first (in rank or power): - chief (ruler) magistrate prince ruler.