ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΥΣ, διαβολους
DIABOLOUS, diabolous
Sounds Like: dee-ah-BO-loos
Translations: slanderers, a slanderer, malicious accusers, false accusers, devils, a devil
From the root: ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word refers to someone who slanders, accuses falsely, or is a malicious accuser. It can also refer to a devil or demon. It is a compound word, formed from 'διά' (through, across) and 'βάλλω' (to throw), literally meaning 'to throw across' or 'to cast through', implying a divisive or destructive action through speech. In the provided context, it describes women who should not be slanderers or malicious accusers.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1228 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- 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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