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# mag

noun (mag, mags) – short for magazine; also short for magnitude, magnesium, magnet (rare)

«mag» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) A magazine: a thin book with pictures and articles that comes out regularly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#m1)
2. (informal, Australia/NZ/UK) Chat or gossip, or to chatter: «have a mag» (old-fashioned). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#m2)
3. (informal) A magazine for a gun – the part that holds the bullets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#m3)
4. (informal) Short for «mag wheel» (a shiny metal car wheel), or for magnitude/magnesium in science shorthand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#m4)

### In the lessons

Mostly a clipped word in everyday talk: «a comic mag», «a gaming mag», «a football mag». In older Australian and British speech, «to mag» is to chat a lot. In science notes, «Mg» is the symbol for magnesium; «mag» may be written as a shorthand. It tells the reader the speaker is casual.

### Examples

- I bought a football mag with my pocket money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x1)
- Mum reads a cooking mag on the train. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x2)
- My brother loves gaming mags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x3)
- The school mag has a page of jokes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x4)
- Gran and her friend had a good mag over a cup of tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x5)
- The detective found an empty mag on the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x6)
- Dad's car has new mag wheels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/#x7)

### Note

Clipped informal word; in writing use «magazine». Plural «mags». A «magazine» (the whole word) can also mean a store for weapons or ammunition. Not the same as «mug» or «nag».

## In Jewish tradition

Here it is part of the Babylonian title Rab-mag, a chief official. It is not the magazine.

**Interpretation.** The title probably means a chief of the priests or magicians. Tradition mentions it among Nebuchadnezzar's officers when Jerusalem fell.

### Examples

- So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushazban Rab-saris, and Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon; (Prophets JER.39.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mag/#x1)
- that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sarezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim Rab-saris, Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. (Prophets JER.39.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mag/#x2)

### Note

Clipped informal word; in writing use «magazine». Plural «mags». A «magazine» (the whole word) can also mean a store for weapons or ammunition. Not the same as «mug» or «nag».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mag» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mag/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mag» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mag.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «mag» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mag/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mag» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mag.html) on Mova free.