ΜΕΝΔΙΑΒΟΛΑΣ, μενδιαβολας
MENDIABOLAS, mendiabolas
Sounds Like: dee-ah-bo-LAS
Translations: slanderer, accuser, devil, an accuser, a slanderer
From the root: ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word appears to be a misspelling or garbled form of 'διαβολάς' (diabolás), which is the accusative plural of 'διάβολος' (diábolos). The prefix 'μεν-' (men-) is a particle meaning 'indeed' or 'on the one hand', and its presence here makes the word nonsensical in standard Koine Greek. If it were 'διαβολάς', it would refer to slanderers, accusers, or devils. It's used to describe someone who falsely accuses or maligns others, or the Devil himself.
Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1228 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 25:9
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
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΩ — (to) the devil, (to) a devil, (to) a slanderer, (to) an accuser
- ΔΙΑΒΟΛΩΝ — of accusers, of slanderers, of devils, of demons
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