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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 37 times in 35 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:1 - Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[fn] by the devil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:5 - Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:8 - Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:11 - Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:39 - and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:41 - “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:2 - where for forty days he was tempted[fn] by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:3 - The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:6 - And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:13 - When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:12 - Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:70

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:70 - Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:44 - You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:2 - The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:38 - how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:10 - “You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:27 - and do not give the devil a foothold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:11 - Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:6 - He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:7 - He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:11 - In the same way, the women[fn] are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:26 - and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:3 - without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:3 - Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:14 - Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:7 - Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:8 - Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:8 - The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:10 - This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:9 - But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:10 - Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:9 - The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:12 - Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:2 - He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:10 - And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
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