Word study · Greek

diabolos

devil, slanderer

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

διάβολος

What it means

The devil. "The devil's snare" (2:26).

Range of meaning

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

In 2 Timothy

Every verse (2)

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