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Lexicon :: Strong's G1228 - diabolos

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διάβολος
Transliteration
diabolos (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-ab'-ol-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:72,150

Strong’s Definitions

διάβολος diábolos, dee-ab'-ol-os; from G1225; a traducer; specially, Satan (compare H7854):—false accuser, devil, slanderer.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's G1228 in the following manner: devil (35x), false accuser (2x), slanderer (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's G1228 in the following manner: devil (35x), false accuser (2x), slanderer (1x).

  1. prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely

    1. a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer,

  2. metaph. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
διάβολος diábolos, dee-ab'-ol-os; from G1225; a traducer; specially, Satan (compare H7854):—false accuser, devil, slanderer.
STRONGS G1228:
διάβολος, -ον, (διαβάλλω, which see), prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely, (Aristophanes, Andocides, Plutarch, others): 1 Timothy 3:11; 2 Timothy 3:3; Titus 2:3; as a substantive, ὁ διάβολος, a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer, [see κατηγορέω, at the end], (Xenophon, Ages. 11, 5; [Aristotle, others]): Sept. Esther 7:4; Esther 8:1. In the Bible and in ecclesiastical writings ὁ διάβολος [also διάβ. without the article; cf. Winers Grammar, 124 (118); Buttmann, 89 (78)] is applied κατ’ ἐξοχήν to the one called in Hebrew הַשָּׂטָן, ὁ σατανᾶς (which see), namely, Satan, the prince of demons, the author of evil, persecuting good men (Job 1; Zechariah 3:1ff, cf. Revelation 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: Matthew 4:1, 5, [Matt 4:8, 11]; Matt 13:39; 25:41; Luke 4:2, [Luke 4:3, 5 R L, Luke 4:6, 13]; Luke 8:12; John 13:2; Acts 10:38; Ephesians 4:27; Ephesians 6:11; 1 Timothy 3:6; 2 Timothy 2:26; Hebrews 2:14; James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8; Jude 1:9; Revelation 2:10; Revelation 12:9, 12; Revelation 20:2, 10; (Wis. 2:24; [cf. Psalm 108:6 (Ps. 109:6); 1 Chronicles 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: John 8:44; 1 John 3:8; the same are called τέκνα τοῦ διαβ. children of the devil, 1 John 3:10; υἱοὶ τοῦ δ. sons of the devil, Acts 13:10, cf. Matthew 13:38; John 8:38; 1 John 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: John 6:70, cf. Matthew 16:23; Mark 8:33. [Cf. σατᾶν at the end.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
21:1
Esther
7:4; 8:1
Job
1
Psalms
108:6; 109:6
Zechariah
3:1
Matthew
4:1; 4:5; 4:8; 4:11; 13:38; 13:39; 16:23; 25:41
Mark
8:33
Luke
4:2; 4:3; 4:5; 4:6; 4:13; 8:12
John
6:70; 8:38; 8:44; 13:2
Acts
10:38; 13:10
Ephesians
4:27; 6:11
1 Timothy
3:6; 3:11
2 Timothy
2:26; 3:3
Titus
2:3
Hebrews
2:14
James
4:7
1 Peter
5:8
1 John
3:8; 3:10; 3:10
Jude
1:9
Revelation
2:10; 12:9; 12:10; 12:12; 20:2; 20:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1228 matches the Greek διάβολος (diabolos),
which occurs 20 times in 16 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:1 - Then Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4 - For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:6 - Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan[fn] also came among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - The LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:9 - Then Satan answered the LORD and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:12 - And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:1 - Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - And the LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him without reason.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:4 - Then Satan answered the LORD and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:6 - And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7 - So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:6 - Appoint a wicked man against him;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:1 - Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan[fn] standing at his right hand to accuse him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:2 - And the LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, O Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand[fn] plucked from the fire?”
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