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WISE MEN.
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Mentioned in Dan. 2:12 included three classes, (1) astrologers, (2) Chaldeans, and (3) soothsayers. The word in the original (hakamim) probably means “medicine men. In Chaldea medicine was only a branch of magic. The “wise men” of Matt. 2:7, who came from the East to Jerusalem, were magi from Persia or Arabia.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
[Magi]
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
WISE MEN. Matt 2:1. See Magi.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
WISE MEN. Matt 2:1. See Magi.