Greek adjective · G1228
διάβολος
diabolosdee-ab'-ol-os
devilish/the Devil
37 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: diábolos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1228is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1228
a traducer; specially, Satan (compare )
The King James renders it: false accuser, devil, slanderer.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
diabolos is rendered "devilish/the Devil". It stands 37 times in the Greek text, across fourteen books.
- Six of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Matthew 4:1διαβόλου
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in fourteen of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- devil32
- slanderers2
- a devil1
- of devil1
- slanderous1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| διαβαίνω | diabaino | to cross | Uses3 |
| διαβλέπω | diablepo | to see clearly | Uses3 |
| διαβεβαιόομαι | diabebaioomai | to insist | Uses2 |
| διαβάλλω | diaballo | to accuse | Uses1 |
All 37, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- διάβολος15
- διαβόλου12
- διαβόλῳ4
- διαβόλους2
- διάβολοι1
- διάβολον1
- διάβολός1
- διαβόλου.¶1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular14A-NSM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular13A-GSM
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular4A-DSM
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine plural2A-APF
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2A-NSM-T
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular1A-ASM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1A-NPM
Matthew
six uses
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
- διαβόλουdiabolouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- διαβόλῳdiaboloadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
Luke
five uses
where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
- διαβόλουdiabolouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
John
three uses
Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
- διάβολόςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a devil
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
- διαβόλουdiabolouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
- διαβόλουdiabolouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
Acts
two uses
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
- διαβόλουdiabolouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
- διαβόλουdiabolouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of devil
Ephesians
two uses
and do not give the devil a foothold.
- διαβόλῳdiaboloadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
- διαβόλουdiabolouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
1 Timothy
three uses
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
- διαβόλουdiabolouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
- διαβόλου.¶diabolouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
- διαβόλουςdiabolousadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: slanderers
2 Timothy
two uses
Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
- διαβόλουdiabolouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
- διάβολοιdiaboloiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: slanderous
Titus
one use
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
- διαβόλουςdiabolousadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: slanderers
Hebrews
one use
Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
- διάβολονdiabolonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: devil
James
one use
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- διαβόλῳdiaboloadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
1 Peter
one use
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
1 John
four uses
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
- διαβόλουdiabolouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
- διαβόλουdiabolouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
- διαβόλουdiabolouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
Jude
one use
But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
- διαβόλῳdiaboloadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: devil
Revelation
five uses
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
- διάβολοςdiabolosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: devil
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.