Word study · Greek

diabolos

devil, slanderer

Say it: dee-AB-oh-los (approximate)

διάβολος

What it means

The devil, the slanderer. "The same condemnation as the devil" (3:6) and "the snare of the devil" (3:7).

Range of meaning

  • SlandererOne who accuses falsely.
  • The DevilThe adversary of God.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 3

    "The same condemnation as the devil" (3:6) and "the snare of the devil" (3:7).

Every verse (3)

Verses where G1228 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources