diabolos · devil

What it means

diabolos (διάβολος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “devil”.

"the slanderer", the one who accuses and divides; the enemy of God and of people.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The enemy of God and of people, who accuses, tempts and deceives.
2. Someone who speaks badly of others with lies.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• devil ×34
• slanderers ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×6
• Luke×5
• John×3
• Acts×2
• Ephesians×2
• 1 Timothy×3
• 2 Timothy×2
• Titus×1
• Hebrews×1
• James×1
• 1 Peter×1
• 1 John×4
• Jude×1
• Revelation×5

• Matthew 4:1

  Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tested by the devil.

• Matthew 4:5

  Then the devil takes him into the holy city and stood him on the pinnacle of the temple,

• Matthew 4:8

  Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain and shows him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,

• Matthew 4:11

  Then the devil leaves him, and look, angels came and were serving him.

• Matthew 13:39

  and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.

• Matthew 25:41

  Then he will say also to those at the left, ‘Go from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

• Luke 4:2

  for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he did not eat anything in those days, and when they were completed, he was hungry.

• Luke 4:3

  And the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

• Luke 4:6

  And the devil said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been handed over to me, and to whomever I wish I give it.

• Luke 4:13

  And when the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time.

• Luke 8:12

  And those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

• John 6:70

  Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And one of you is a devil.”

• John 8:44

  You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and he does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of it.

• John 13:2

  And during supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart that Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, should hand him over,

• Acts 10:38

  Jesus from Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

• Acts 13:10

  and said, “You full of all deceit and all fraud, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?

• Ephesians 4:27

  nor give a place to the devil.

• Ephesians 6:11

  Put on the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil;

• 1 Timothy 3:6

  not a new convert, so that he may not become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

• 1 Timothy 3:7

  He must also have a good testimony from those outside, so that he may not fall into disgrace and the snare of the devil.

• 1 Timothy 3:11

  Women likewise must be honorable, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

• 2 Timothy 2:26

  and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been captured by him to do his will.

• 2 Timothy 3:3

  without natural affection, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, not loving what is good,

• Titus 2:3

  Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,

• Hebrews 2:14

  Since therefore the children share in blood and flesh, he also likewise shared in the same things, so that through death he might render powerless the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

• James 4:7

  Submit then to God. And resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

• 1 Peter 5:8

  Be sober, keep watch. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

• 1 John 3:8

  Whoever commits sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.

• 1 John 3:10

  By this the children of God and the children of the devil are evident: no one who does not do righteousness is of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

• Jude 1:9

  But when Michael the archangel, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring a judgment of blasphemy, but said, May the Lord rebuke you.

• Revelation 2:10

  Do not fear any of the things that you are about to suffer. Look, the devil 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, the ancient serpent, the one called the Devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

• Revelation 12:12

  Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! Woe to the earth and the sea, because the Devil has come down to you with great fury, knowing that he has little time.”

• Revelation 20:2

  And he seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

• Revelation 20:10

  And the Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet also are, and they will be tormented day and night to the ages of the ages.

And 2 more times.