Rab-Mâg — H7248

Definition

masculine noun

Rab-Mag, a Babylonian official

1. soothsayer, magician, chief soothsayer
1. Rab-mag, chief soothsayer, or chief of princes, an official of Babylonia

Usually translated as

Rab-mag

Origin

from H7227 and a foreign word for a Magian; chief Magian

• Derived from Rab (H7227)

Greek equivalents

• mágos (G3097)

Occurrences

Rab-Mâg occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (2)

• Jeremiah 39:3 — And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag (מָ֔ג), with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
• Jeremiah 39:13 — So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag (רַב), and all the king of Babylon’s princes;