The meaning of “διάβολος”
Understanding diábolos reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
false accuser, devil, slanderer. - a traducer - specially, Satan (compare שָׂטָן)
διάβολος
false accuser, devil, slanderer. - a traducer - specially, Satan (compare שָׂטָן)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 4:11 | “Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.” Word: διάβολος (diábolos) | |
| John 8:44 | “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of 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, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” Word: διάβολος (diábolos) | |
| Ephesians 6:11 | “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Word: διάβολος (diábolos) | |
| 2 Timothy 3:3 | “Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,” Word: διάβολος (diábolos) | |
| Hebrews 2:14 | “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;” Word: διάβολος (diábolos) |