Strong's Lexicon
G1142 — δαίμων
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1142 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δαίμων |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from daio "to distribute fortunes" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | daimon |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dai'-mown |
| Meaning: | 1. a demon or supernatural spirit (of a bad nature) |
| KJV Renderings: | devil |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δαίμων, δαίμονος, ὁ, ἡ;
1. in Greek authors, a god, a goddess; an inferior deity, whether good or bad; hence, ἀγαθοδαιμονες and κακοδαιμονες are distinguished (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 23 (22)).
2. In the N. T. an evil spirit (see δαιμόνιον, 2): Mat 8:31; Mar 5:12 (R L); Luk 8:29 (R G L marginal reading); Rev 16:14 (Rec.); (where L T Tr WH δαιμονίων). (B. D. (especially American edition) under the word ; cf. δαιμονίζομαι.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δαίμων (devil)
Matthew 8:31
- KJV: So the devils besought him saying If thou cast us out suffer us to go away into the herd of swine
- GK: οι δε δαίμονες παρεκάλουν αυτόν λέγοντες ει εκβάλλεις ημάς επίτρεψον ημίν απελθείν εις την αγέλην των χοίρων
Mark 5:12
- KJV: And all the devils besought him saying Send us into the swine that we may enter into them
- GK: και παρεκάλεσαν αυτόν πάντες οι δαίμονες λέγοντες πέμψον ημάς εις τους χοίρους ίνα εις αυτούς εισέλθωμεν
Luke 8:29
- KJV: For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man For oftentimes it had caught him and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters and he brake the bands and was driven of the devil into the wilderness
- GK: παρήγγελλε γαρ τω πνεύματι τω ακαθάρτω εξελθείν από του ανθρώπου πολλοίς γαρ χρόνοις συνηρπάκει αυτόν και εδεσμείτο αλύσεσι και πέδαις φυλασσόμενος και διαρρήσσων τα δεσμά ηλαύνετο υπό του δαίμονος εις τας ερήμους
Revelation 16:14
- KJV: For they are the spirits of devils working miracles go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty
- GK: εισί γαρ πνεύματα δαιμόνων ποιούντα σημεία α εκπορεύεται επί τους βασιλείς της οικουμένης όλης συναγαγείν αυτούς εις πόλεμον της ημέρας εκείνης της μεγάλης του θεού του παντοκράτορος
Revelation 18:2
- KJV: And he cried mightily with a strong voice saying Babylon the great is fallen is fallen and is become the habitation of devils and the hold of every foul spirit and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird
- GK: και έκραξεν εν ισχυρά φωνή λέγων έπεσεν έπεσε Βαβυλών η μεγάλη και εγένετο κατοικητήριον δαιμόνων και φυλακή παντός πνεύματος ακαθάρτου και φυλακή παντός ορνέου ακαθάρτου και μεμισημένου
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