ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΥ, διαβολου
DIABOLOU, diabolou
Sounds Like: dee-ah-BOH-loo
Translations: (of) devil, (of) slanderer, (of) accuser, (of) an accuser
From the root: ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the noun ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΣ (diabolos). It refers to an accuser, a slanderer, or the Devil. In the New Testament, it is most commonly used to refer to Satan, the chief adversary of God and humanity. It is a compound word formed from διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'across', and βάλλω (ballō), meaning 'to throw' or 'to cast', thus literally meaning 'one who throws across' or 'one who casts accusations'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1228 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:8
Codex Sinaiticus
- Wisdom — 2:24
- Matthew — 4:1
- Luke — 4:2
- John — 8:44, 13:2
- Acts of the Apostles — 10:38, 13:10
- Ephesians — 6:11
- 1 Timothy — 3:6, 3:7
- 2 Timothy — 2:26
- 1 John — 3:8, 3:10
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 5:3
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 10:3
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 8:1
Justin Martyr
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 7:1
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 18:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 2:24
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 4 — 3:6
- Mandate 7 — 1:2, 1:3
- Mandate 9 — 1:9, 1:11
- Mandate 11 — 1:16
- Mandate 12 — 2:2, 4:6, 6:2, 6:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 4:1
- Luke — 4:2
- John — 8:44, 13:2
- Acts — 10:38, 13:10
- Ephesians — 6:11
- 1 Timothy — 3:6, 3:7
- 2 Timothy — 2:26
- 1 John — 3:8, 3:10
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
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΙ — slanderers, accusers, devils
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΝ — devil, a devil, slanderer, an slanderer, accuser, an accuser
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΣ — devil, slanderer, accuser, a devil, a slanderer, 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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