διάβολος: Difference between revisions

|txtha=διάβολον ([[διαβάλλω]] [[which]] [[see]]), [[prone]] to [[slander]], [[slanderous]], accusing [[falsely]], ([[Aristophanes]], [[Andocides]] (405 B.C.>), [[Plutarch]], others): ὁ [[διάβολος]], a [[calumniator]], false [[accuser]], [[slanderer]], ([[see]] [[κατηγορέω]], at the [[end]]) ([[Xenophon]], Ages. 11,5; ([[Aristotle]], others)): the Sept. ὁ [[διάβολος]] ([[also]] [[διάβολος]] [[without]] the [[article]]; cf. Winer's Grammar, 124 (118); Buttmann, 89 (78)) is applied κατ' ἐξοχήν to the [[one]] called in [[Hebrew]] הַשָּׂטָן, ὁ σατανᾶς ([[which]] [[see]]), viz., Satan, the [[prince]] of demons, the [[author]] of [[evil]], persecuting [[good]] men (Job 1; R L, [[εἶναι]] ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου to be of the [[devil]], [[properly]], to [[derive]] [[their]] [[origin]] from the [[devil]], tropically, to [[depend]] [[upon]] the [[devil]] in [[thought]] and [[action]], to be prompted and governed by him: τέκνα τοῦ διαβόλου, children of the [[devil]], υἱοί τοῦ διαβόλου, sons of the [[devil]], [[διάβολος]] is [[figuratively]] applied to a [[man]] [[who]], by opposing the [[cause]] of God, [[may]] be said to [[act]] the [[part]] of the [[devil]] or to [[side]] [[with]] him: σαταν at the [[end]].)