Devil
Greek: diabolos; Meaning: a slanderer
The devil is the arch-enemy of man’s spiritual interest (Job 1:6; Rev. 2:10; Zechariah 3:1). He is called also “the accuser of the brethen” (Rev. 12:10).
In Leviticus 17:7 the word “devil” is the translation of the Hebrew sair, meaning a “goat” or “satyr” (Isaiah 13:21; 34:14), alluding to the wood-demons, the objects of idolatrous worship among the heathen.
In Deuteronomy 32:17 and Psalm 106:37 it is the translation of Hebrew shed, meaning lord, and idol, regarded by the Jews as a “demon,” as the word is rendered in the Revised King James Version.
In the narratives of the Gospels regarding the “casting out of devils” a different Greek word (daimon) is used. In the time of our Lord there were frequent cases of demoniacal possession (Matthew 12:25-30; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 4:35; 10:18, etc.).
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- Satan
- Lucifer
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- Abaddon
- Accuser
- Apollyon
- Beelzebub
- Destroyer
- Lucifer
- Sataniel
- the old serpent
- The dragon
- angel
- demon