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GreekG1228Adjective

διάβολος

diabolos

36Occurrences
G1228Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a traducer; specially, Satan (compare H07854)

from G1225 (διαβάλλω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
slanderous, accusing falsely. As subst., ὁ, ἡ, δ.; (a) generally (of. Es, ll. with), a slanderer, false accuser: (CGT, in l., but see infr.),; (b) as chiefly in LXX, of Satan, the Accuser, the Devil: , (but ),; εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ δ.; τέκνα τοῦ δ.; υἱὸς; metaphorically, of Judas.
LXX: for שָׂטָן (as ), exc. (צַר, צָרַר)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

διάβολος appears 36 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
6
Matthew
6
Revelation
5
1 Timothy
3
John
3
1 John
2
2 Timothy
2
Acts
2

Key Passages

1 John 3:8BSB

The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

2 Timothy 3:3BSB

unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

John 13:2BSB

The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

Luke 4:6BSB

“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.

Matthew 4:8BSB

Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.