G1228 – diabolos – διάβολος – The Devil; lit. The False Accuser, The Slanderer
- Strong’s ID:
- G1228
- Greek Word:
- διάβολος
- Transliteration:
- diabolos
- Pronunciation:
- dee-ab’-ol-os
- Part of Speech:
- adjective
- Comparables:
- G4566 Satan, The Adversary (Greek)
G4567 Satan, The Adversary (Aramaic)
H7854 Satan, The Adversary (Hebrew)
G3875 advocate (i.e., the opposite) - Usage Count:
- 38
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Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) the Devil
2) literally: The False Accuser, The Slanderer
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G1225; a traducer; specially, Satan [compare H7854]:—false accuser, devil, slanderer.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely
1a) a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer
2) metaphorically applied to a man who, by opposing the cause of God, may be said to act the part of the devil or to side with him
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.