γόης

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Transliteration: góēs

Pronunciation: go'-ace

Definition: seducer

- Original: γόης

- Transliteration: Goes

- Phonetic: go'-ace

- Definition:

1. a wailer, a howler

2. a juggler, enchanter (because incantations used to be uttered in a kind of howl)

3. a deceiver, imposter

- Origin: from goao (to wail)

- TDNT entry: 13:17,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From γοάω goaō (to wail); properly a wizard (as muttering spells) that is (by implication) an impostor: - seducer.