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diabolos G1228

διάβολος (diabolos) means “devilish/the Devil” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

διάβολος Greek · G1228 37 tagged occurrences in 35 verses

Pronunciation guide: dee-ab'-ol-os Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1228

διάβολος · diabolos · devilish/the Devil

διάβολος, -ον (διαβάλλω, which see) [in LXX for שָׂטָן (as Job.1:6), exc. Est.7:4 8:1 (צַר, צָרַר) ;] slanderous, accusing falsely. As subst., ὁ, ἡ, δ.; (a) generally (of. Es, ll. with), a slanderer, false accuser: 1Ti.3:6, 7 (CGT, in l., but see infr.) 3:11, 2Ti.3:3, Tit.2:3; (b) as chiefly in LXX, of Satan, the Accuser, the Devil: Mat.4:1, 5, 8, 11 13:39 25:41, Luk.4:2, 3, 6, 13 8:12, Jhn.13:2, Act.10:38, Eph.4:27 6:11, 1Ti.3:6, 7 (but see supr.), 2Ti.2:26, Heb.2:14, Jas.4:7, 1Pe.5:8, Ju 9, Rev.2:10 12:9, 12 20:2, 10; εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ δ., Jhn.8:44, 1Jn.3:8; τέκνα τοῦ δ., 1Jn.3:10; υἱὸς, Act.13:10; metaphorically, of Judas, Jhn.6:70 (Cremer, 121; DCG, ii, 605).† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(adj. used often as a noun), slanderous; with the article: the Slanderer (par excellence), the Devil.

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How translators render G1228

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
devil 28
slanderers 2
the devil 2
a devil 1
devils 1
he 1
of the devil 1
slanderous 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the devil 24
of the devil 7
false accusers 2
a devil 1
for the devil 1
slanderers 1
to the devil 1
with the devil 1

Verses containing G1228

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  1. Matthew 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

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  2. Matthew 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.

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  3. Matthew 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

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  4. Matthew 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.

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  5. Matthew 13:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

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  6. Matthew 25:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  7. Luke 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

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  8. Luke 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

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  9. Luke 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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.

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  10. Luke 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

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  11. Luke 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  12. John 6:70 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”

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  13. John 8:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  14. John 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

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  15. Acts 10:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  16. Acts 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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?

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  17. Ephesians 4:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and do not give the devil a foothold.

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  18. Ephesians 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

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  19. 1 Timothy 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.

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  20. 1 Timothy 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.

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  21. 1 Timothy 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.

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  22. 2 Timothy 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.

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  23. 2 Timothy 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

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  24. Titus 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

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  25. Hebrews 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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,

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  26. James 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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  27. 1 Peter 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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  28. 1 John 3:8 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    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.

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  29. 1 John 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  30. Jude 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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!”

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  31. Revelation 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, 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.

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  32. Revelation 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  33. Revelation 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  34. Revelation 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

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  35. Revelation 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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