Gloss
devilish, malicious, slanderous; as a noun, the devil, Satan, or a wicked person who is like the devil
Forms of the word
Dictionary
διάβολος, -ον
Greek transliteration
diabolos
Simplified transliteration
diabolos
Numbers
Strong's number
1228
GK Number
1333
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
37
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-3a
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for διάβολος
| James 4:7 | So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil (diabolō | διαβόλῳ | dat sg masc) and he will flee from you. |
| 1 Peter 5:8 | Be sober-minded! Be alert! Your adversary the devil (diabolos | διάβολος | nom sg masc) prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour. |
| 1 John 3:8 | The one who continues to sin is of the devil (diabolou | διαβόλου | gen sg masc), because the devil (diabolos | διάβολος | nom sg masc) has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose — that he might destroy the works of the devil (diabolou | διαβόλου | gen sg masc). |
| 1 John 3:10 | By this the children of God and the children of the devil (diabolou | διαβόλου | gen sg masc) are revealed: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. |
| Jude 1:9 | But when Michael the archangel, in debate with the devil (diabolō | διαβόλῳ | dat sg masc), was arguing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to condemn him for blasphemy, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” |
| Revelation 2:10 | Do not fear what you are about to suffer. The devil (diabolos | διάβολος | nom sg masc) is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will have affliction for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. |
| Revelation 12:9 | And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil (diabolos | διάβολος | nom sg masc) and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world — he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. |
| Revelation 12:12 | Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and all who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil (diabolos | διάβολος | nom sg masc) has come down to you having great wrath, because he knows that he has only a short time!” |
| Revelation 20:2 | He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent (who is the devil (diabolos | διάβολος | nom sg masc) and Satan), and bound him for a thousand years. |
| Revelation 20:10 | And the devil (diabolos | διάβολος | nom sg masc), the one who had deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where both the beast and the false prophet are. There they will suffer torment day and night forever and ever. |
