Word study · Greek

diabolos

devil, slanderer

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

διάβολος

What it means

The devil, the slanderer. "Don't give place to the devil" (4:27), "the wiles of the devil" (6:11).

Range of meaning

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

In Ephesians

Every verse (2)

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