Strong’s G1142 · Greek
δαίμων
daímōn · dah'-ee-mown
Origin from δαίω (to distribute fortunes);
Meaning a dæmon or supernatural spirit (of a bad nature)
In the King James Version devil.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 8:31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
- Mark 5:12And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
- Luke 8:29(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
- Revelation 16:14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
- Revelation 18:2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.