ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΙ, διαβολοι
DIABOLOI, diaboloi
Sounds Like: dee-AH-boh-loy
Translations: slanderers, accusers, devils
From the root: ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who slander, accuse, or are hostile adversaries. In a more specific theological context, it can refer to demonic entities or the Devil himself, though in its plural form, it typically refers to human slanderers or accusers. It is often used to describe individuals who are malicious in their speech or actions.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1228 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Timothy — 3:3
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 5:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Timothy — 3:3
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
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΗΣ — of the slanderer, of the accuser, of the devil, of slander, of accusation
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟ — devil, a devil, slanderer, accuser
- 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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