διάβολος diabolos

Greek word for “devilish/the Devil” · Strong’s G1228 · used 37 times in 35 verses

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Meaning

διάβολος, -ον; (διαβάλλω, which see);

How it is translated

Glosses given for diabolos in context, with how often each is used:

• devil 34
• slanderers 2
• slanderous 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 4 (4), Luke 4 (4), 1 Timothy 3 (3), 1 John 3 (2), Revelation 12 (2), Revelation 20 (2), Matthew 13 (1), Matthew 25 (1), Luke 8 (1), John 6 (1)

Forms

• διάβολος 15
• διαβόλου 13
• διαβόλῳ 4
• διαβόλους 2
• διάβολός 1
• διάβολοι 1
• διάβολον 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with diabolos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 4
• πειράζω peirazō “to test/tempt” 3
• τότε tote “then” 4
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 4
• παγίς pagis “trap” 2
• ὑπό hupo “by/under” 4
• συντελέω sunteleō “to complete” 2
• ἐμπίπτω empiptō “to fall into” 2
• ἀρχαῖος archaios “ancient” 2
• δράκων drakōn “dragon” 2
• ὄφις ophis “snake” 2
• ὡσαύτως hōsautōs “likewise” 2

Key verses

The verses using diabolos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 25:41 — Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
• 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…
• Acts 10:38 — How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was…
• Acts 13:10 — And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of…
• Ephesians 6:11 — Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
• 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…
• 1 Peter 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
• 1 John 3:8 — He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the…
• Revelation 2:10 — Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation…
• Revelation 12:9 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his…
• Revelation 20:2 — And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
• Revelation 20:10 — And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.