ΔΑΙΜΩΝ, δαιμων
DAIMŌN, daimōn
Sounds Like: DAI-mon
Translations: demon, a demon, evil spirit, a divine power, a god, a deity
From the root: ΔΑΙΜΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a divine power or spirit, often associated with supernatural beings. In ancient Greek thought, it could refer to a lesser deity, a guiding spirit (good or bad), or even a person's destiny. In the New Testament, it almost exclusively refers to an evil spirit or demon, often associated with demonic possession or influence. It is used to describe a spiritual entity that is not God but possesses supernatural power.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1142 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 3:13
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΑΙΜΩΝ.
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.
- ΔΑΙΜΟΝ — demon, evil spirit, a demon, an evil spirit
- ΔΑΙΜΟΝΑΣ — demons, spirits, divinities
- ΔΑΙΜΟΝΕΣ — demons, divine beings, gods, deities
- ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙ — (to) a demon, (to) a divine being, (to) a spirit
- ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΚΟΙΣ — (to) demonic, (to) devilish, (to) of demons
- ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΟΙ — demons, evil spirits, divine beings
- ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΟΝ — demon, evil spirit, a demon, an evil spirit
- ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΟΣ — demonic, divine, supernatural, of a demon, of a god, a demonic, a divine, a supernatural
- ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩ — demon, a demon, evil spirit, a divine being
- ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΝΤΑΣ — demon-possessed, possessed by a demon, having a demon
- ΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more divine, more demonic, more supernatural, more inspired, more divinely, more demonically, more supernaturally, more inspiredly
- ΔΑΙΜΟΝΟΣ — of a demon, of an evil spirit, of a god, of a divinity
- ΔΑΙΜΟΝΩΝ — of demons, of evil spirits
- ΔΑΙΜΟΣΙΝ — to demons, for demons, by demons, with demons
- ΔΕΜΟΝ — demon, evil spirit, a demon, a god, a deity
- ΔΕΜΟΝΙ — demon, evil spirit, a demon, an evil spirit
- ΔΕΜΟΝΙΟΝ — demon, evil spirit, a demon, an evil spirit
- ΔΕΜΟΝΙΩΝ — (of) demons, (of) evil spirits
- ΤΟΥΣΔΑΙΜΟΝΑΣ — the demons, the evil spirits
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