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Wise men

Easton, 1897

Mentioned in Daniel 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 Matthew 2:7, who came from the East to Jerusalem, were magi from Persia or Arabia.

Dictionary: M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897, public domain).