διάβολοςdiábolos
slanderous, accusing falsely.
Greek (New Testament) · G1228
Meanings
As as a noun, ὁ, ἡ, δ.
(a) generally (of. Es, ll. c.), a slanderer, false accuser: 1 Timothy 3:6, 1 Timothy 3:7 1 Timothy 3:11, 2 Timothy 3:3, Titus 2:3
(b) as chiefly in LXX, of Satan, the Accuser, the Devil: Matthew 4:1, Matthew 4:5, Matthew 4:8, Matthew 4:11, Matthew 13:39, Matthew 25:41, Luke 4:2, Luke 4:3, Luke 4:6, Luke 4:13, Luke 8:12, John 13:2, Acts 10:38, Ephesians 4:27, Ephesians 6:11, 1 Timothy 3:6, 1 Timothy 3:7 (but see above), 2 Timothy 2:26, Hebrews 2:14, James 4:7, 1 Peter 5:8, Jude 1:9, Revelation 2:10, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 12:12, Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:10; εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ δ., John 8:44, 1 John 3:8; τέκνα τοῦ δ., 1 John 3:10; υἱὸς, Acts 13:10; metaphorically, of Judas, John 6:70.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 37 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil.
- Matthew 4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple,
- Matthew 4:8 Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
- Matthew 4:11 Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.
- Matthew 13:39 The enemy who planted the weeds among the wheat is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world, and the harvesters are the angels.
- Matthew 25:41 “Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.