δαιμόνιον

δαιμόνιον, -ου, τό

(neut. of δαιμόνιος, -α, -ον, divine), [in LXX (so also in π; see MM, Exp., x) for שֵׁד, אֱלִיל, (frequently in To) ;]

1. as in cl.;

(a) the Divine power, Deity (Hdt., Plat., al.);

(b) an inferior divinity, deity or demon (as in magical π, Deiss., BS, 281; MM, Exp., x): ξένα δ., ApG 17,18,

2. (a) in OT, heathen deities, false gods (e.g. 5 Mos 32,17, Psa.95 (96):5);

(b) in NT, evil spirits, demons: θύουσιν δαιμονίοις, 1 Kor 10,20 διδασκαλίαι δαιμονίων, 1 Tim 4,1 προσκυνεῖν τὰ δ., Åb 9,20 ἄρχων τῶν δ., Matt 9,34 especially (syn. with πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον) as operating upon and "possessing" (of. δαιμονίζομαι) men: Matt 11,18, and al.; εἰσέρχεσθαι δ. εἰς. . ., Luk 8,30 δ. ἔχειν, Luk 4,33 δ. ἐκβάλλειν, Matt 7,22 In the phrase πνεῦμα δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου, Luk 4,33, the wider cl. usage (1. b) is recognised, ἀκ. being elsewhere in NT, the epithet of πν., and δ. = πν. ἀκ. (see ICC, in l; Cremer, 168)