Strong's Concordance diabolos: slanderous, accusing falsely Original Word: διάβολος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: diabolos Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ab'-ol-os) Short Definition: slanderous, the Slanderer, the Devil Definition: (adj. used often as a noun), slanderous; with the article: the Slanderer (par excellence), the Devil. HELPS Word-studies 1228 diábolos (from 1225 /diabállō, "to slander, accuse, defame") – properly, a slanderer; a false accuser; unjustly criticizing to hurt (malign) and condemn to sever a relationship. [1228 (diábolos) is the root of the English word, "Devil" (see also Webster's Dictionary). 1228 (diabolos) in secular Greek means "backbiter," i.e. an accuser, calumniator (slanderer). 1228 (diábolos) is literally someone who "casts through," i.e. making charges that bring down (destroy). Satan is used by God in this plan – as a predictable wind-up toy, playing out his evil nature.] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1228: διάβολοςδιάβολος, διάβολον (διαβάλλω which see), prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely, (Aristophanes, Andocides ( Strong's Exhaustive Concordance false accuser, devil, slanderer. From diaballo; a traducer; specially, Satan (compare satan) -- false accuser, devil, slanderer. see GREEK diaballo see HEBREW satan Forms and Transliterations διάβολε διαβολοι διάβολοι διαβολον διάβολον διαβολος διάβολος διάβολός διαβολου διαβόλου διαβολους διαβόλους διαβολω διαβόλω διαβόλῳ διαβουλευόμενοι διαβούλια διαβουλίοις διαβουλιών diabolo diabolō diaboloi diabóloi diabólōi diáboloi diabolon diábolon diabolos diábolos diábolós diabolou diabólou diabolous diabólousLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 122838 Occurrences διαβόλῳ — 4 Occ. διάβολοι — 1 Occ. διάβολον — 1 Occ. διάβολος — 17 Occ. διαβόλου — 13 Occ. διαβόλους — 2 Occ. Matthew 4:1 Adj-GMS GRK: ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου NAS: to be tempted by the devil. KJV: to be tempted of the devil. INT: by the devil Matthew 4:5 Adj-NMS Matthew 4:8 Adj-NMS Matthew 4:11 Adj-NMS Matthew 13:39 Adj-NMS Matthew 25:41 Adj-DMS Luke 4:2 Adj-GMS Luke 4:3 Adj-NMS Luke 4:5 Adj-NMS Luke 4:6 Adj-NMS Luke 4:13 Adj-NMS Luke 8:12 Adj-NMS John 6:70 Adj-NMS John 8:44 Adj-GMS John 13:2 Adj-GMS Acts 10:38 Adj-GMS Acts 13:10 Adj-GMS Ephesians 4:27 Adj-DMS Ephesians 6:11 Adj-GMS 1 Timothy 3:6 Adj-GMS 1 Timothy 3:7 Adj-GMS 1 Timothy 3:11 Adj-AFP 2 Timothy 2:26 Adj-GMS 2 Timothy 3:3 Adj-NMP Titus 2:3 Adj-AFP |