daimonizomai · be demon-possessed

What it means

daimonizomai (δαιμονίζομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be demon-possessed”.

Be under the power of a demon.

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. To be under the power of a demon.

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

How it is translated

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

• demon-possessed ×5
• man possessed by a demon ×2
• were possessed by demons ×2
• man who had been possessed by demons ×1
• men possessed by demons ×1
• possessed by a demon ×1
• those possessed by demons ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×7
• Mark×4
• Luke×1
• John×1

• Matthew 4:24

  And the report about him went out into all Syria; and they brought to him all those who were ill, afflicted with various diseases and torments, the demon-possessed and the moonstruck and paralytics, and he healed them.

• Matthew 8:16

  When evening came, they brought to him many who were possessed by demons; and he drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill,

• Matthew 8:28

  And when he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two men possessed by demons met him, coming out of the tombs, so violent that no one could pass along that road.

• Matthew 8:33

  And those who were tending them fled, and going away into the town, they reported everything, including what had happened to those possessed by demons.

• Matthew 9:32

  As they were going out, look, people brought to him a mute man possessed by a demon.

• Matthew 12:22

  Then a man possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him; and he healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw.

• Matthew 15:22

  And look, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is badly demon-possessed.”

• Mark 1:32

  When evening came, when the sun set, they were bringing to him all who were ill and those who were possessed by demons.

• Mark 5:15

  And they come to Jesus and see the demon-possessed man sitting, clothed and in his right mind, the one who had had the legion; and they were afraid.

• Mark 5:16

  And those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the pigs.

• Mark 5:18

  And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him.

• Luke 8:36

  And those who had seen it reported to them how the man who had been possessed by demons had been healed.

• John 10:21

  Others were saying, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”