Strong's Greek Concordance

G1228: διάβολος

diábolos · “devilish/the Devil”

Definition

a traducer; specially, Satan (compare H07854)

KJV translates it as: false accuser, devil, slanderer

Word origin: from G1225 (διαβάλλω);

Extended definition

διάβολος, -ον
(διαβάλλω, which see) [in LXX for שָׂטָן (as Job.1:6), exc. Est.7:4 8:1 (צַר, צָרַר) ;]
slanderous, accusing falsely. As subst., ὁ, ἡ, δ.;
(a) generally (of. Es, ll. with), a slanderer, false accuser: 1Ti.3:6, 7 (CGT, in l., but see infr.) 3:11, 2Ti.3:3, Tit.2:3;
(b) as chiefly in LXX, of Satan, the Accuser, the Devil: Mat.4:1, 5, 8, 11 13:39 25:41, Luk.4:2, 3, 6, 13 8:12, Jhn.13:2, Act.10:38, Eph.4:27 6:11, 1Ti.3:6, 7 (but see supr.), 2Ti.2:26, Heb.2:14, Jas.4:7, 1Pe.5:8, Ju 9, Rev.2:10 12:9, 12 20:2, 10; εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ δ., Jhn.8:44, 1Jn.3:8; τέκνα τοῦ δ., 1Jn.3:10; υἱὸς, Act.13:10; metaphorically, of Judas, Jhn.6:70 (Cremer, 121; DCG, ii, 605).†
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G1228 is translated

  • devil ×16
  • devil. ×7
  • devil; ×4
  • devil, ×3
  • the devil ×3
  • slanderers, ×2
  • a devil ×1
  • of the devil, ×1
  • slanderous, ×1

Bible verses with G1228 (diábolos)

Diábolos appears in 36 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Matthew 4:1

    Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

  • Matthew 4:5

    Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

  • Matthew 4:8

    Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

  • Matthew 4:11

    Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

  • Matthew 13:39

    The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

  • Matthew 25:41

    Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

  • Luke 4:2

    Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

  • Luke 4:3

    And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

  • Luke 4:5

    And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

  • Luke 4:6

    And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.

  • Luke 4:13

    And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.

  • Luke 8:12

    Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

  • John 6:70

    Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

  • John 8:44

    Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

  • John 13:2

    And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;

  • Acts 10:38

    How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

  • Acts 13:10

    And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

  • Ephesians 4:27

    Neither give place to the devil.

  • Ephesians 6:11

    Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

  • 1 Timothy 3:6

    Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

  • 1 Timothy 3:7

    Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

  • 1 Timothy 3:11

    Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

  • 2 Timothy 2:26

    And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

  • 2 Timothy 3:3

    Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

  • Titus 2:3

    The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

All 36 references