Strong's Lexicon
G1228 — διάβολος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1228 |
|---|---|
| Word: | διάβολος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1225 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 37 |
| Transliteration: | diabolos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dee-ab'-ol-os |
| Meaning: | 1. a slanderer 2. (specially) Satan |
| KJV Renderings: | false accuser, devil, slanderer |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διάβολος, διάβολον (διαβάλλω which see), prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely, (Aristophanes, Andocides (), Plutarch, others): 1Ti 3:11; 2Ti 3:3; Tit 2:3; as a substantive, ὁ διάβολος, a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer, (see κατηγορέω, at the end) (Xenophon, Ages. 11, 5; (Aristotle, others)): the Sept. Est 7:4; Est 8:1. In the Bible and in ecclesiastical writings ὁ διάβολος (also διάβολος without the article; cf. Winers Grammar, 124 (118); Buttmann, 89 (78)) is applied κατ’ ἐξοχήν to the one called in Hebrew äÇùÈÌÒèÈï, ὁ σατανᾶς (which see), viz., Satan, the prince of demons, the author of evil, persecuting good men (Job 1:1-22; Zec 3:1 ff, cf. Rev 12:10), estranging mankind from God and enticing them to sin, and afflicting them with diseases by means of demons who take possession of their bodies at his bidding; the malignant enemy of God and the Messiah: Mat 4:1; Mat 4:5,(); ; Luk 4:2,( R L, ); ; Joh 13:2; Act 10:38; Eph 4:27; Eph 6:11; 1Ti 3:6; 2Ti 2:26; Heb 2:14; Jas 4:7; 1Pe 5:8; Jud 1:9; Rev 2:10; Rev 12:9; Rev 12:12; Rev 20:2; Rev 20:10; (Wis 2:24; (cf. Psa 108:6 (); 1Ch 21:1)). Men who resemble the devil in mind and will are said εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου to be of the devil, properly, to derive their origin from the devil, tropically, to depend upon the devil in thought and action, to be prompted and governed by him: Joh 8:44; 1Jn 3:8; the same are called τέκνα τοῦ διαβόλου, children of the devil, 1Jn 3:10; υἱοί τοῦ διαβόλου, sons of the devil, Act 13:10, cf. Mat 13:38; Joh 8:38; 1Jn 3:10. The name διάβολος is figuratively applied to a man who, by opposing the cause of God, may be said to act the part of the devil or to side with him: Joh 6:70, cf. Mat 16:23; Mar 8:33. (Cf. σαταν at the end.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
διάβολος (false accuser)
Matthew 4:1
- KJV: Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil
- GK: τότε ο Ιησούς ανήχθη εις την έρημον υπό του πνεύματος πειρασθήναι υπό του διαβόλου
Matthew 4:5
- KJV: Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple
- GK: τότε παραλαμβάνει αυτόν ο διάβολος εις την αγίαν πόλιν και ίστησεν αυτόν επί το πτερύγιον του ιερού
Matthew 4:8
- KJV: Again the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them
- GK: πάλιν παραλαμβάνει αυτόν ο διάβολος εις όρος υψηλόν λίαν και δείκνυσιν αυτώ πάσας τας βασιλείας του κόσμου και την δόξαν αυτών
Matthew 4:11
- KJV: Then the devil leaveth him and behold angels came and ministered unto him
- GK: τότε αφίησιν αυτόν ο διάβολος και ιδού άγγελοι προσήλθον και διηκόνουν αυτώ
Matthew 13:39
- KJV: The enemy that sowed them is the devil the harvest is the end of the world and the reapers are the angels
- GK: ο δε εχθρός ο σπείρας αυτά εστιν ο διάβολος ο δε θερισμός συντέλεια του αιώνός εστιν οι δε θερισταί άγγελοί εισιν
Matthew 25:41
- KJV: Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels
- GK: τότε ερεί και τοις εξ ευωνύμων πορεύεσθε απ΄ εμού οι κατηραμένοι εις το πυρ το αιώνιον το ητοιμασμένον τω διαβόλω και τοις αγγέλοις αυτού
Luke 4:2
- KJV: Being forty days tempted of the devil And in those days he did eat nothing and when they were ended he afterward hungered
- GK: ημέρας τεσσαράκοντα πειραζόμενος υπό του διαβόλου και ουκ έφαγεν ουδέν εν ταις ημέραις εκείναις και συντελεσθεισών αυτών ύστερον επείνασε
Luke 4:3
- KJV: And the devil said unto him If thou be the Son of God command this stone that it be made bread
- GK: και είπεν αυτώ ο διάβολος ει υιός ει του θεού είπε τω λίθω τούτω ίνα γένηται άρτος
Luke 4:5
- KJV: And the devil taking him up into an high mountain shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time
- GK: και αναγαγών αυτόν ο διάβολος εις όρος υψηλόν έδειξεν αυτώ πάσας τας βασιλείας της οικουμένης εν στιγμή χρόνου
Luke 4:6
- KJV: And the devil said unto him All this power will I give thee and the glory of them for that is delivered unto me and to whomsoever I will I give it
- GK: και είπεν αυτώ ο διάβολος σοι δώσω την εξουσίαν ταύτην άπασαν και την δόξαν αυτών ότι εμοί παραδέδοται και ω εάν θέλω δίδωμι αυτήν
Luke 4:13
- KJV: And when the devil had ended all the temptation he departed from him for a season
- GK: και συντελέσας πάντα πειρασμόν ο διάβολος απέστη απ΄ αυτού άχρι καιρού
Luke 8:12
- KJV: Those by the way side are they that hear then cometh the devil and taketh away the word out of their hearts lest they should believe and be saved
- GK: οι δε παρά την οδόν είσιν οι ακούοντες είτα έρχεται ο διάβολος και αίρει τον λόγον από της καρδίας αυτών ίνα μη πιστεύσαντες σωθώσιν
John 6:70
- KJV: Jesus answered them Have not I chosen you twelve and one of you is a devil
- GK: απεκρίθη αυτοίς ο Ιησούς ουκ εγώ υμάς τους δώδεκα εξελεξάμην και εξ υμών εις διάβολός εστιν
John 8:44
- KJV: Ye are of father the devil and the lusts your father ye will do He was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him When he speaketh a lie speaketh of his own for he is a liar and the father of it
- GK: υμείς εκ του πατρός του διαβόλου εστέ και τας επιθυμίας του πατρός υμών θέλετε ποιείν εκείνος ανθρωποκτόνος ην απ΄ αρχής και εν τη αληθεία ουχ έστηκεν ότι ουκ έστιν αλήθεια εν αυτώ όταν λαλή το ψεύδος εκ των ιδίων λαλεί ότι ψεύστης εστί και ο πατήρ αυτού
John 13:2
- KJV: And supper being ended the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot Simon’s to betray him
- GK: και δείπνου γενομένου του διαβόλου ήδη βεβληκότος εις την καρδίαν Ιούδα Σίμωνος Ισκαριώτου ίνα αυτόν παραδώ
Acts 10:38
- KJV: How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil for God was with him
- GK: Ιησούν τον από Ναζαρέτ ως έχρισεν αυτόν ο θεός πνεύματι αγίω και δυνάμει ος διήλθεν ευεργετών και ιώμενος πάντας τους καταδυναστευομένους υπό του διαβόλου ότι ο θεός ην μετ΄ αυτού
Acts 13:10
- KJV: said O full of all subtilty and all mischief child of the devil enemy of all righteousness wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord
- GK: είπεν ω πλήρης παντός δόλου και πάσης ραδιουργίας υιέ διαβόλου εχθρέ πάσης δικαιοσύνης ου παύση διαστρέφων τας οδούς κυρίου τας ευθείας
Ephesians 4:27
- KJV: Neither give place to the devil
- GK: μηδέ δίδοτε τόπον τω διαβόλω
Ephesians 6:11
- KJV: Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil
- GK: ενδύσασθε την πανοπλίαν του θεού προς το δύνασθαι υμάς στήναι προς τας μεθοδείας του διαβόλου
1 Timothy 3:6
- KJV: Not a novice lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil
- GK: μη νεόφυτον ίνα μη τυφωθείς εις κρίμα εμπέση του διαβόλου
1 Timothy 3:7
- KJV: Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil
- GK: δει δε αυτόν και μαρτυρίαν καλήν έχειν από των έξωθεν ίνα μη εις ονειδισμόν εμπέση και παγίδα του διαβόλου
1 Timothy 3:11
- KJV: Even so wives grave not slanderers sober faithful in all things
- GK: γυναίκας ωσαύτως σεμνάς μη διαβόλους νηφαλίους πιστάς εν πάσι
2 Timothy 2:26
- KJV: And they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil who are taken captive by him at his will
- GK: και ανανήψωσιν εκ της του διαβόλου παγίδος εζωγρημένοι υπ΄ αυτού εις το εκείνου θέλημα
2 Timothy 3:3
- KJV: Without natural affection trucebreakers false accusers incontinent fierce despisers of those that are good
- GK: άστοργοι άσπονδοι διάβολοι ακρατείς ανήμεροι αφιλάγαθοι
Titus 2:3
- KJV: The aged women likewise that in behaviour as becometh holiness not false accusers not given to much wine teachers of good things
- GK: πρεσβύτιδας ωσαύτως εν καταστήματι ιεροπρεπείς μη διαβόλους μη οίνω πολλώ δεδουλωμένας καλοδιδασκάλους
Hebrews 2:14
- KJV: Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood he also himself likewise took part of the same that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death that is the devil
- GK: επεί ούν τα παιδία κεκοινώνηκε σαρκός και αίματος και αυτός παραπλησίως μετέσχε των αυτών ίνα διά του θανάτου καταργήση τον το κράτος έχοντα του θανάτου τουτ΄ τον διάβολον
James 4:7
- KJV: Submit yourselves therefore to God Resist the devil and he will flee from you
- GK: υποτάγητε ουν τω θεώ αντίστητε τω διαβόλω και φεύξεται αφ΄ υμών
1 Peter 5:8
- KJV: Be sober be vigilant because your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour
- GK: νήψατε γρηγορήσατε ο αντίδικος υμών διάβολος ως λέων ωρυόμενος περιπατεί ζητών τίνα καταπίη
1 John 3:8
- KJV: He that committeth sin is of the devil for the devil sinneth from the beginning For this purpose the Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil
- GK: ο ποιών την αμαρτίαν εκ του διαβόλου εστίν ότι απ΄ αρχής ο διάβολος αμαρτάνει εις τούτο εφανερώθη ο υιός του θεού ίνα λύση τα έργα του διαβόλου