2001 Translation

DIABOLŌ, diabolō

Sounds Like: dee-ah-BO-loh

Translations: (to) the devil, (to) a devil, (to) a slanderer, (to) an accuser

From the root: ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to an adversary, an accuser, or a slanderer. In a theological context, it often refers to Satan, the Devil. It is used to indicate the recipient of an action or the one to whom something is directed.

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G1228 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:9

Codex Sinaiticus

• Esther — 8:1
• Job — 1:7, 1:12, 2:2, 2:6
• Matthew — 25:41
• Ephesians — 4:27
• James — 4:7
• Jude — 1:9

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 9:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Esther — 8:1
• Job — 1:7, 1:12, 2:2, 2:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 8 — 3:6

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 25:41
• Ephesians — 4:27
• James — 4:7
• Jude — 1:9

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
• ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΥ — (of) devil, (of) slanderer, (of) accuser, (of) an accuser
• ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΥΣ — slanderers, a slanderer, malicious accusers, false accusers, devils, a devil
• ΔΙΑΒΟΛΩΝ — of accusers, of slanderers, of devils, of demons
• ΜΕΝΔΙΑΒΟΛΑΣ — slanderer, accuser, devil, an accuser, a slanderer

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