ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗΣ, διαβολης
DIABOLĒS, diabolēs
Sounds Like: dee-ah-bo-LEES
Translations: of the slanderer, of the accuser, of the devil, of slander, of accusation
From the root: ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the noun 'διάβολος' (diabolos). It refers to someone who slanders, accuses, or is an adversary. In a theological context, it often refers to the Devil. It can also refer to the act of slander or accusation itself. It is used to indicate possession, origin, or relationship, such as 'of the slanderer' or 'of slander'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1228 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 10:53
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 2:34
- Book 5 — 1:106
- Book 10 — 11:251
- Book 13 — 11:310
- Book 16 — 1:11, 4:112, 4:121, 4:122, 4:124, 7:208, 10:313, 10:352
- Book 18 — 6:225
Josephus' The Jewish War
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 4:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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.
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΑΣ — slanderer, accuser, devil
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΕ — O Devil, O slanderer
- 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
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.