Biblical Meaning of Demon in New Testament Context

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1. Smith's Bible Dictionary “Smith's Bible Dictionary: Demon — In the Gospels generally, in (James 2:19) and in Reve 16:14 The demons are spoken of as spiritual beings, at enmity with God, and having power to afflict man not only with disease, but, as is marked by the frequent epithet "un-clean," with spiritual pollution also. They "believe" the power of God "and tremble," (James 2:19) they recognized the Lord as the Son of God, (Matthew 8:29; Luke 4:41) and acknowledged the power of his name, used in exorcism. In the place of the name of Jehovah, by his appointed messengers, (Acts 19:15) and looked forward in terror to t”
2. Easton's Bible Dictionary “Easton's Bible Dictionary: Daemon — The Greek form, rendered "devil" in the Authorized Version of the New Testament. Daemons are spoken of as spiritual beings (Matt. 8:16; 10:1; 12:43-45) at enmity with God, and as having a certain power over man (James 2:19; Rev. 16:14). They recognize our Lord as the Son of God (Matt. 8:20; Luke 4:41). They belong to the number of those angels that "kept not their first estate," "unclean spirits," "fallen angels," the angels of the devil (Matt. 25:41; Rev. 12:7-9). They are the "principalities and powers" against which we must "wrestle" (Eph. 6:12).”
3. Easton's Bible Dictionary “Easton's Bible Dictionary: Devil — (Gr. diabolos), a slanderer, the arch-enemy of man's spiritual interest (Job 1:6; Rev. 2:10; Zech. 3:1). He is called also "the accuser of the brethen" (Rev. 12:10). In Lev. 17:7 the word "devil" is the translation of the Hebrew sair, meaning a "goat" or "satyr" (Isa. 13:21; 34:14), alluding to the wood-daemons, the objects of idolatrous worship among the heathen. In Deut. 32:17 and Ps. 106:37 it is the translation of Hebrew shed, meaning lord, and idol, regarded by the Jews as a "demon," as the word is rendered in the Revised Version. In the narratives of th”
4. Smith's Bible Dictionary “Smith's Bible Dictionary: Satan — The word itself, the Hebrew satan, is simply an "adversary," and is so used in (1 Samuel 29:4; 2 Samuel 19:22; 1 Kings 6:4; 11:14,23,25; Numbers 22:22,33; Psalms 109:6) This original sense is still found in our Lord's application of the name to St. Peter in (Matthew 16:23) It is used as a proper name or title only four times in the Old Testament, vis. (with the article) in (Job 1:6; 12; 2:1; Zechariah 2:1) and without the article in (1 Chronicles 21:1) It is with the scriptural revelation on the subject that we are here concerned; and it is clear, from this si”
5. Smith's Bible Dictionary “Smith's Bible Dictionary: Demoniacs — This word is frequently used in the New Testament, and applied to persons suffering under the possession of a demon or evil spirit, such possession generally showing itself visibly in bodily disease or mental derangement. It has been maintained by many persons that our Lord and the evangelists, in referring to demonical possession, spoke only in accommodation to the general belief of the Jews, without any assertion as to its truth or its falsity. It is concluded that, since the symptoms of the affliction were frequently those of bodily disease (as dumbness”
6. Easton's Bible Dictionary “Easton's Bible Dictionary: Satan — Adversary; accuser. When used as a proper name, the Hebrew word so rendered has the article "the adversary" (Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7). In the New Testament it is used as interchangeable with Diabolos, or the devil, and is so used more than thirty times. He is also called "the dragon," "the old serpent" (Rev. 12:9; 20:2); "the prince of this world" (John 12:31; 14:30); "the prince of the power of the air" (Eph. 2:2); "the god of this world" (2 Cor. 4:4); "the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience" (Eph. 2:2). The distinct personality of Satan and h”
7. TFLSJ (Liddell-Scott-Jones) “[G4567] Σατανᾶς — Satan: Included with: <b> Σᾰτάν</b> <br /> or <b>Σατᾶν</b>, ὁ, “Satan”, Hebrew word for <b>adversary, opponent</b>, [<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=" LXX.1Ki.11.14, 23 ">LXX</a>]; translated by ἐπίβουλος in [<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=" LXX.1Ki.29.4 ">LXX</a>]; also <b>accuser</b>, translated by ὁ διάβολος in [<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=" LXX.Job.1.6f, LXX.Zech.3.1 ">LXX</a>]:—hence as <b>chief of the evil spirits, the Devil</b>, [<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=" NT.2Cor.12.7 ">NT</a>] (<i>indeclinable</i>, as <i>genitive</i>); also <b>Σᾰτᾰνᾶς</b>, ᾶ, ”
8. TFLSJ (Liddell-Scott-Jones) “[G4566] Σατάν — Satan: <b> Σᾰτάν</b> <br /> or <b>Σατᾶν</b>, ὁ, “Satan”, Hebrew word for <b>adversary, opponent</b>, [<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=" LXX.1Ki.11.14, 23 ">LXX</a>]; translated by ἐπίβουλος in [<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=" LXX.1Ki.29.4 ">LXX</a>]; also <b>accuser</b>, translated by ὁ διάβολος in [<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=" LXX.Job.1.6f, LXX.Zech.3.1 ">LXX</a>]:—hence as <b>chief of the evil spirits, the Devil</b>, [<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=" NT.2Cor.12.7 ">NT</a>] (<i>indeclinable</i>, as <i>genitive</i>); also <b>Σᾰτᾰνᾶς</b>, ᾶ, ὁ, [<a href="java”
9. Brown-Driver-Briggs “[BDB H7854] satan — H7854. satan שָׂטָן noun masculinePsa 109:6 1 adversary. 2 Satan (Late Hebrew סָטָן שָׂטָן,; Aramaic סָטָנָא שָׂטָנָא,, Syriac (Hebrew); Late Hebrew verb סָטַן, Aramaic סְטַן; Arabic is be remote, especially from the truth, and from the mercy of God; Satan, Ethiopic :); — 1 adversary, in General, personal or national; (ל) לְשׂ ׳הָיָה Num 22:22 (JE), 1Sam 29:4 (compare NesMarg. 15), 2Sam 19:23, לְשׂ ׳יָצָא Num 22:32 (JE); ׳שׂ 1Kin 5:18; 11:25; שׂ ׳הֵקִים ל, subject God 11:14, 23, compare Psa 109:6 (|| רָשָׁע). 2 superhuman adversary, ׳הַשּׂ: a. of Job, one of אֱלֹהִים בְּנֵי Job 1:6”
10. STEPBible TBESG “[G4566] G4566 = a Name of (H7854) — <b>Satan </b>, i. e. <b>an adversary, enemy </b>: name for <b>the Devil </b>, (New Testament) <br>Hebr. word. (ML)”
11. I John “I John 3:8 (ASV) — he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”
12. King James Version “[KJV] 1 John 3:8 — He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”
13. Luke (Methodist/Wesleyan) “Adam Clarke on Luke 4:33: A spirit of an unclean devil - As demon was used both in a good and bad sense before and after the time of the evangelists the word unclean may have been added here by St. Luke, merely to express the quality of this spirit. But it is worthy of remark, that the inspired writers never use the word δαιμων, demon, in a good sense. See the whole of this case explained, Mar 1:23 (note), etc.”
14. Mark (Protestant academic) “Tyndale House on Mark 1:23: 1:23-24 The demon spoke through the man who was possessed by an evil spirit (1:24). Demons frequently cause disease (9:17, 27; Matt 17:15) and self-destructive behavior (Mark 1:26; 5:2-5; 9:17-18, 20-22). Demons know who Jesus is (1:34); they consistently testify that he is the Holy One of God (see 3:11; 5:7). • In saying us, the evil spirit spoke on behalf of all demons. It recognized Jesus’ complete authority and understood that he had come to interfere with and destroy evil.”
15. Luke (Protestant academic) “Tyndale House on Luke 4:2: 4:2 tempted by the devil: The term diabolos is a Greek translation of the Hebrew satan, meaning “accuser” or “adversary” (1 Chr 21:1; Job 1:1–2:13; Zech 3:1-2). Luke uses both terms (“devil,” Luke 4:3, 6, 13; 8:12; “Satan,” 10:18; 11:18; 13:16; 22:3, 31). Adam and Eve were tested by Satan and failed; Jesus, the second Adam, resisted temptation and thus reversed the judgment against Adam and Eve.”
16. Schaff ANF/NPNF (Patristic) “ANF Vol 4: Tertullian IV, Minucius Felix, Commodian, Origen — CHAP. II.--ON' THE OPPOSING POWERS. (part 1): I. We have now to notice, agreeably to the statements of Scripture, how the opposing powers, or the devil himself, contends with the human; race, inciting and instigating men to sin. And in the first place, in the book of Genesis,[1] the serpent is described as having seduced Eve; regarding whom, in the work entitled The Ascension of Moses[2] (a little treatise, of which the Apostle Jude makes mention in his Epistle), the archangel Michael, when disputing with the devil regarding the bod”
17. Deuteronomy (Protestant academic) “Tyndale House on Deuteronomy 32:17: 32:17 demons: In the ancient Near East, the gods were thought to protect individuals and places from harm, but worshiping these pagan deities actually amounted to worshiping evil spirits (cp. 1 Cor 10:20-21; Rev 9:20). • New gods were false deities that Israel had never before encountered.”
18. Schaff ANF/NPNF (Patristic) “NPNF1 Vol 2: Augustine — City of God, Christian Doctrine — CHAP. 19.--THAT EVEN AMONG THEIR OWN WORSHIPPERS THE NAME "DEMON" HAS NEVER A GOOD SIGNIFICATION.: But as some of these demonolators, as I may call them, and among them Labeo, allege that those whom they call demons are by others called angels, I must, if I would not seem to dispute merely about words, say something about the good angels. The Platonists do not deny their existence, but prefer to call them good demons. But we, following Scripture, according to which we are Christians, have learned that some of the angels are good, some ”