Strong's Lexicon
daimonion: Demon, evil spirit
Original Word:δαιμόνιον
Part of Speech:Noun, Neuter
Transliteration:daimonion
Pronunciation:dah-ee-MOH-nee-on
Phonetic Spelling:(dahee-mon'-ee-on)
Definition:Demon, evil spirit
Meaning:an evil-spirit, demon; a heathen deity.
Word Origin:Derived from δαίμων (daimōn), meaning a deity or spirit.
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -H7700 (שֵׁד, shed): Often translated as "demon" or "idol," referring to false gods or spirits.
-H8163 (שָׂעִיר, sa'ir): Translated as "hairy" or "goat," sometimes used to describe demonic entities or idols.
Usage:In the New Testament, "daimonion" refers to an evil spirit or demon, often depicted as a malevolent supernatural being that opposes God and seeks to harm humans. These entities are frequently associated with possession, where they exert control over individuals, causing physical and spiritual afflictions. The term is used to describe beings that are part of the spiritual realm, in opposition to God's kingdom.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the Greco-Roman world, "daimons" were considered lesser deities or spirits that could be either benevolent or malevolent. However, in the Jewish and early Christian context, "daimonion" took on a more negative connotation, referring specifically to evil spirits that were in rebellion against God. This understanding is reflected in the New Testament, where demons are portrayed as adversaries of Jesus and His mission.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 1140daimónion (a neuter, diminutive noun) – ademon, i.e.fallen angel.1140 (daimónion) always refers todemons in the NT – the only exception being Ac 17:18 (which refers to heathen gods).See 1139 (diamonizomai).
[1140/daimónion ("demon"), thediminutive form of1142/daímōn ("demon"), conveys how utterlypowerless demons(fallen angels) are against Christ (His plan).
1140 (daimonion) is used frequently (over sixty times ) as compared to the rare1142 (daímōn).]
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
daimónDefinitionan evil spirit, a demon
NASB Translationdeities (1), demon (19), demons (43).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1140: δαιμόνιονδαιμόνιον,
δαιμονίου,
τό (neuter of adjective
δαιμόνιος,
δαιμόνια,
δαιμόνιον, divine, from
δαίμων; equivalent to
τόθεῖον);
1.the divine Power, deity, divinity; so sometimes in secular authors asJosephus,b. j. 1, 2, 8;Aelian v. h. 12, 57; in pluralκαινάδαιμόνια,Xenophon, mem. 1, 1, 1f, and once in the N. T.ξεναδαιμόνια,Acts 17:18.
2.a spirit, a being inferior to God, superior to men (πᾶντόδαιμόνιονμεταξύἐστιΘεοῦτέκαίθνητοῦ,Plato, symp. 23, p. 202 e. (where see Stallbaum)), in both a good sense and a bad; thus Jesus, after his resurrection, said to his disciplesοὐκεἰμίδαιμόνιονἀσωματον, asIgnatius (ad Smyrn. 3, 2 [ET]) records it;πνεῦμαδαιμονίουἀκαθάρτου (genitive of apposition),Luke 4:33; (πονηρόν, Tobit 3:8, 17;δαιμόνιονἤπνεῦμαπονηρόν, ibid.). But elsewhere in the Scriptures used, without an adjunct, ofevil spirits or the messengers and ministers of the devil (Winer's Grammar, 23 (22)):Luke 4:35;Luke 9:1, 42;Luke 10:17;John 10:21;James 2:19; (Psalm 90:6 ();Isaiah 13:21;Isaiah 34:14; Tobit 6:18 Tobit 8:3; Baruch 4:35);πνεύματαδαιμονίων (Rec.δαιμον´ων) i. e. of that rank of spirits that are demons (genitive of apposition),Revelation 16:14;ἄρχωντῶνδαιμονίων, the prince of the demons, or the devil:Matthew 9:34;Matthew 12:24;Mark 3:22;Luke 11:15; they are saidἐισέρχεσθαιεἰςτινα, to enter into (the body of) one to vex him with diseases (seeδαιμονίζομαι):Luke 8:30, 32f;ἐκβληθῆναι andἐξέρχεσθαιἐκτίνος orἀπότίνος, when they are forced to come out of one to restore him to health:Matthew 9:33;Matthew 17:18;Mark 7:29, 30;Luke 4:35, 41;Luke 8:2, 33, 35.ἐκβάλλεινδαιμόνια, is used of those who compel demons to come out:Matthew 7:22;Matthew 12:21;Mark 1:34, 39;Luke 9:49, etc.ἔχεινδαιμόνιον, to have a demon, be possessed by a demon, is said of those who either suffer from some exceptionally severe disease,Luke 4:33;Luke 8:27 (ἔχωνδαιμόνια); or act and speak as though they were mad,Matthew 11:18;Luke 7:33;John 7:20;John 8:48f, 52;John 10:20. According to a Jewish opinion which passed over to the Christians, the demons are the gods of the Gentiles and the authors of idolatry; hence,δαιμόνια stands forאֱלִילִיםPsalm 95:5 (), andשֵׁדִיםDeuteronomy 32:17;Psalm 105:37 (), cf. Baruch 4:7:προσκυνεῖντάδαιμόνιακαίτάεἴδωλα,Revelation 9:20. The apostle Paul, though teaching that the gods of the Gentiles are a fiction (1 Corinthians 8:4;1 Corinthians 10:19), thinks that the conception of them has been put into the minds of men by demons, who appropriate to their own use and honor the sacrifices offered to idols. Hence, what the Gentilesθυουσι, he saysδαιμονίοιςθύουσινκαίοὐΘεῷ,1 Corinthians 10:20 (from theSept. ofDeuteronomy 32:17, cf. Baruch 4:7), and those who frequent the sacrificial feasts of the Gentiles come into fellowship with demons,1 Corinthians 10:20f; (cf.Baudissin, Stud. zur scmit. Religionsgesch. vol. i. (St. ii. 4), p. 110ff). Pernicious errors are disseminated by demons even among Christians, seducing them from the truth,1 Timothy 4:1.Josephus, also makes mention ofδαιμόνια taking possession of men, Antiquities 6, 11, 2f; 6, 8, 2; 8, 2, 5; but he sees in them, not as the N. T. writers do, bad angels, but the spirits of wicked men deceased,b. j. 7, 6, 3.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
a demonNeuter of a derivative ofdaimon; a d?Monic being; by extension a deity -- devil, god.
see GREEKdaimon
Forms and Transliterations
δαιμον΄ δαιμονια δαιμόνια δαιμονιοις δαιμονίοις Δαιμονιον Δαιμόνιον δαιμονιου δαιμονίου δαιμονιων δαιμονίων daimonia daimónia daimoniois daimoníois Daimonion daimoniōn daimoníon daimoníōn Daimónion daimoniou daimoníouLinks
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