διάβολος

diavbolo" diavbolo",
diavbolon (
diabavllw which see), prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely, (Aristophanes, Andocides (405 B. C.), Plutarch, others): ; ; ; as a substantive,
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diavbolo", a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer, (see
kathgorevw, at the end) (Xenophon, Ages. 11, 5; (Aristotle, others)): the Septuagint Esth. ; . In the Bible and in ecclesiastical writings
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diavbolo" (also
diavbolo" without the article; cf. Winer's Grammar, 124 (118); Buttmann, 89 (78)) is applied
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ejxochvn to the one called in Hebrew @f;C;h',
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satana'" (which see), viz., Satan, the prince of demons, the author of evil, persecuting good men (; ; ff, cf. ), estranging mankind from God and enticing them to sin, and afflicting them with diseases by means of demons who take possession of their bodies at his bidding; the malignant enemy of God and the Messiah: ,,(8,11); ; ; ,(3,5 R L, 6,13); ; ; ; ; ; f; ; ; ; ; ; ; ,; ,; (Sap. ; (cf. (); )). Men who resemble the devil in mind and will are said
ei\nai
ejk
tou'
diabovlou to be of the devil, properly, to derive their origin from the devil, tropically, to depend upon the devil in thought and action, to be prompted and governed by him: ; ; the same are called
tevkna
tou'
diabovlou, children of the devil, ;
uiJoiv
tou'
diabovlou, sons of the devil, , cf. ; ; . The name
diavbolo" is figuratively 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: , cf. ; . (Cf.
satan at the end.)*