διάβολος

διάβολος, -ον

(διαβάλλω, which see) [in LXX for שָׂטָן (as Job 1,6), exc. Est 7,4; 8,1 (צַר, צָרַר) ;]

slanderous, accusing falsely. As subst., ὁ, ἡ, δ.;

(a) generally (of. Es, ll. with), a slanderer, false accuser: 1 Tim 3,6, 7 (CGT, in l., but see infr.) 3:11, 2 Tim 3,3, Tit 2,3;

(b) as chiefly in LXX, of Satan, the Accuser, the Devil: Matt 4,1, 5, 8, 11; 13,39; 25,41, Luk 4,2, 3, 6, 13; 8,12, Joh 13,2, ApG 10,38, Ef 4,27; 6,11, 1 Tim 3,6, 7 (but see supr.), 2 Tim 2,26, Hebr 2,14, Jak 4,7, 1 Pet 5,8, Jud 9, Åb 2,10; 12,9, 12; 20,2, 10; εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ δ., Joh 8,44, 1 Joh 3,8; τέκνα τοῦ δ., 1 Joh 3,10 υἱὸς, ApG 13,10 metaphorically, of Judas, Joh 6,70 (Cremer, 121; DCG, ii, 605).†