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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: γόης

(Strong's #1114 — Noun Masculine — goes — go'-ace )

primarily denotes "a wailer" (goao, "to wail"); hence, from the howl in which spells were chanted, "a wizard, sorcerer, enchanter," and hence, "a juggler, cheat, impostor," rendered "impostors" in 2 Timothy 3:13 , RV (AV, "seducers"); possibly the false teachers referred to practiced magical arts; cp. 2 Timothy 3:8 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Impostors'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​i/impostors.html. 1940.
 
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