Demon

{
    "type": "abbott-smith",
    "slug": "g1140",
    "title": "δαιμόνιον",
    "source": "STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)",
    "strong": "G1140",
    "language": "greek",
    "lemma": "δαιμόνιον",
    "transliteration": "daimonion",
    "pronunciation": "",
    "part_of_speech": "G:N-N",
    "meaning": "",
    "description": "",
    "definition": "δαιμόνιον, -ου, τό (neut. of δαιμόνιος, -α, -ον, divine), [in LXX (so also in π; see MM, Exp., x) for שֵׁד, אֱלִיל, (frequently in To) ;] __1. as in cl.; __(a) the Divine power, Deity (Hdt., Plat., al.); __(b) an inferior divinity, deity or demon (as in magical π, Deiss., BS, 281; MM, Exp., x): ξένα δ., Act.17:18. __2. (a) in OT, heathen deities, false gods (e.g. Deu.32:17, Psa.95 (96):5); __(b) in NT, evil spirits, demons: θύουσιν δαιμονίοις, 1Co.10:20; διδασκαλίαι δαιμονίων, 1Ti.4:1; προσκυνεῖν τὰ δ., Rev.9:20; ἄρχων τῶν δ., Mat.9:34; especially (syn. with πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον) as operating upon and \"possessing\" (of. δαιμονίζομαι) men: Mat.11:18, and al.; εἰσέρχεσθαι δ. εἰς. . ., Luk.8:30; δ. ἔχειν, Luk.4:33; δ. ἐκβάλλειν, Mat.7:22 In the phrase πνεῦμα δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου, Luk.4:33, the wider cl. usage (1. b) is recognised, ἀκ. being elsewhere in NT, the epithet of πν., and δ. = πν. ἀκ. (see ICC, in l; Cremer, 168) (AS)",
    "glosses": [
        "demon",
        "devil, god"
    ],
    "lexical_summary": [],
    "exhaustive_concordance": [],
    "brown_driver_briggs": [],
    "topical_lexicon": [],
    "occurrences": [],
    "references": [
        {
            "osis": "Act.17.18.",
            "display": "Act.17:18."
        },
        {
            "osis": "Deu.32.17",
            "display": "Deu.32:17"
        },
        {
            "osis": "1Co.10.20",
            "display": "1Co.10:20;"
        },
        {
            "osis": "1Ti.4.1",
            "display": "1Ti.4:1;"
        },
        {
            "osis": "Rev.9.20",
            "display": "Rev.9:20;"
        },
        {
            "osis": "Mat.9.34",
            "display": "Mat.9:34;"
        },
        {
            "osis": "Mat.11.18",
            "display": "Mat.11:18"
        },
        {
            "osis": "Luk.8.30",
            "display": "Luk.8:30;"
        },
        {
            "osis": "Luk.4.33",
            "display": "Luk.4:33;"
        },
        {
            "osis": "Mat.7.22",
            "display": "Mat.7:22"
        },
        {
            "osis": "Luk.4.33",
            "display": "Luk.4:33"
        }
    ],
    "occurrence_count": 61,
    "url": "bible/greek/g1140",
    "source_url": "https://github.com/openscriptures/strongs",
    "source_license": "CC BY-SA"
}

{
    "strongs": "G1140",
    "language": "greek",
    "lemma": "δαιμόνιον",
    "transliteration": "daimónion",
    "pronunciation": "",
    "part_of_speech": "",
    "glosses": [
        "devil, god"
    ],
    "definitions": [
        "a dæmonic being",
        "by extension a deity"
    ],
    "administrator_commentary": "",
    "source": {
        "dataset": "Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon",
        "provider": "Open Scriptures",
        "url": "https://github.com/openscriptures/strongs",
        "license": "CC BY-SA"
    },
    "version": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-08-05T10:41:55-05:00",
    "strong": "G1140"
}