Quick Definition
μαγεύω v. I practice sorcery or magic
Strong's Definition
from 3097; to practice magic
KJV Usage: use sorcery
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | μαγεία · μάγος
53.96 · Religious Activities · Magic
to practice magic, to employ witchcraft, magic to practice magic, presumably by invoking supernatural powers
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μαγεύω; (μάγος); tobe a magician; to practise magical arts: Acts viii. 9. (Eur. Iph. 1338; Plut. Artax. 3, 6, and in other auth.) * payla, see μαγεία.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μαγεύω mageuō 1x
to be a magician; to use magical arts, practise magic, sorcery, Acts 8:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* μαγεύω (Eur., Plut., al.), to be a Magus, or skilled in Magian lore.
to practise magic: Ac 8:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μαγεύω. For this verb, which in the NT is confined to Ac 8°, we may cite the expanded second table of the Decalogue in Didache ii. 2 οὐ μαγεύσεις, οὐ φαρμακεύσεις, “thou shalt not practise magic, thou shalt not practise sorcery.” See also C. Clemen JZys¢. p. 10 (with n.§), a Greek-Aramaic inscr. on a στρατηγός- -ἐμάγευσε Μίθρῃςᾳ MGr μαγεύω, “bewitch.” μαγία, μαγεία, found in Ac 811, may be illustrated from Wiinsch 4.2) p. 1614 (iii/a.p.) δρκίζω σε τὸν θεὸν τὸν πάσης μαγείας THY ἐωγσιν ἀνθρωπίνην σειυπν .. . , where the editor understands the last words as equivalent to something like—rov πάσης μαγείας τὴν γνῶσιν ἀνθρωπίνην πορίσαντα, and remarks that ‘‘ magic is originally something divine, holy (ἱερᾶς μαγείας pap. Parth. 1 127).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μαγεύω (mageuō) — to practice magic. μᾰγ-εύω, 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+]