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  #1228 διάβολος diabolos {dee-ab'-ol-os}

 from G1225; TDNT - 2:72,150; adj

—Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)


 1) prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely
    1a) 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

 Satan the prince of the demons, the author of evil, persecuting good
 men, estranging mankind from God and enticing them to sin,
 afflicting them with diseases by means of demons who take possession
 of their bodies at his bidding.

—Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)

From G1225; a traducer; specifically Satan (compare [H7854]):—false accuser, devil, slanderer.

—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)

#1228.
δια´βολος
diabolos; from 1225; slanderous, accusing falsely:—
NASB - devil(34), malicious gossips(3).

—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries

 AV - devil 35, false accuser 2, slanderer 1; 38

accusers
2 Timothy 3:3. Titus 2:3.

devil
Matthew 4:1, 5, 8, 11; 25:41. Luke 4:2, 3, 5, 6, 13; 8:12. John 6:70; 8:44; 13:2. Acts 10:38; 13:10. Ephesians 4:27; 6:11. 1 Timothy 3:6, 7. 2 Timothy 2:26. Hebrews 2:14. James 4:7. 1 Peter 5:8. 1 John 3:8, 8, 8, 10. Jude 1:9. Revelation 2:10; 12:9, 12; 20:2, 10.

slanderers
1 Timothy 3:11.

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