ΔΙΑΒΟΛΑΣ, διαβολας
DIABOLAS, diabolas
Sounds Like: dee-ah-BO-las
Translations: slanderer, accuser, devil
From the root: ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to someone who slanders, accuses, or is an adversary. It is the source of the English word 'devil'. In the New Testament, it is often used to refer to Satan, the ultimate adversary. It can also refer to human slanderers or false accusers. This particular form is the accusative plural of the masculine noun.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1228 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 24:219
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 3:50
- Book 6 — 13:285
- Book 15 — 2:28, 3:77, 7:220, 7:229
- Book 16 — 4:101, 4:113, 8:255, 8:265, 8:266, 10:303, 10:311
- Book 17 — 5:104
- Book 20 — 7:145
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 15:80
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΕ — O Devil, O slanderer
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗΣ — of the slanderer, of the accuser, of the devil, of slander, of accusation
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟ — devil, a devil, slanderer, accuser
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΙ — slanderers, accusers, devils
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΝ — devil, a devil, slanderer, an slanderer, accuser, an accuser
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΣ — devil, slanderer, accuser, a devil, a slanderer, an accuser
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΥ — (of) devil, (of) slanderer, (of) accuser, (of) an accuser
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΥΣ — slanderers, a slanderer, malicious accusers, false accusers, devils, a devil
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΩ — (to) the devil, (to) a devil, (to) a slanderer, (to) an accuser
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΩΝ — of accusers, of slanderers, of devils, of demons
- ΜΕΝΔΙΑΒΟΛΑΣ — slanderer, accuser, devil, an accuser, a slanderer
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