δαίμων

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G1142

Transliteration: daímōn

Pronunciation: dah'-ee-mown

Definition: devil

- Original: δαίμων

- Transliteration: Daimon

- Phonetic: dah'-ee-mown

- Definition:

1. a god, a goddess

a. an inferior deity, whether good or bad

2. in the NT, an evil spirit

- Origin: from daio (to distribute fortunes)

- TDNT entry: 02:01,1

- Part(s) of speech: Noun

- Strong's: From δαίω daiō (to distribute fortunes); a demon or super natural spirit (of a bad nature): - devil.