“a demon,” signified, among pagan Greeks, an inferior deity, whether good or bad. In the NT it denotes “an evil spirit.” It is used in Mat 8:31<\/span>, mistranslated “devils.” Some would derive the word from a root da—, meaning “to distribute.” More probably it is from a similar root da—, meaning “to know,” and hence means “a knowing one.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n not a diminutive of daimon, No. 1, but the neuter of the adjective daimonios, pertaining to a demon, is also mistranslated “devil,” “devils.” In Act 17:18<\/span>, it denotes an inferior pagan deity. “Demons” are the spiritual agents acting in all idolatry. The idol itself is nothing, but every idol has a “demon” associated with it who induces idolatry, with its worship and sacrifices, 1Co 10:20<\/span>,21; Rev 9:20<\/span>; cp. Deu 32:17<\/span>; Isa 13:21<\/span>; Isa 34:14<\/span>; Isa 65:3<\/span>,11. They disseminate errors among men, and seek to seduce believers, 1Ti 4:1<\/span>. As seducing spirits they deceive men into the supposition that through mediums (those who have “familiar spirits,” Lev 20:6<\/span>,27, e.g.) they can converse with deceased human beings. Hence the destructive deception of spiritism, forbidden in Scripture, Lev 19:31<\/span>; Deu 18:11<\/span>; Isa 8:19<\/span>. “Demons” tremble before God, Jam 2:19<\/span>; they recognized Christ as Lord and as their future Judge, Mat 8:29<\/span>; Luk 4:41<\/span>. Christ cast them out of human beings by His own power. His disciples did so in His name, and by exercising faith, e.g., Mat 17:20<\/span>. <\/p>\n Acting under Satan (cp. Rev 16:13<\/span>,14), “demons” are permitted to afflict with bodily disease, Luk 13:16<\/span>. Being unclean they tempt human beings with unclean thoughts, Mat 10:1<\/span>; Mar 5:2<\/span>; Mar 7:25<\/span>; Luk 8:27-29<\/span>; Rev 16:13<\/span>; Rev 18:2<\/span>, e.g. They differ in degrees of wickedness, Mat 12:45<\/span>. They will instigate the rulers of the nations at the end of this age to make war against God and His Christ, Rev 16:14<\/span>. See DEVIL. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n signifies “to be possessed of a demon, to act under the control of a demon.” Those who were thus afflicted expressed the mind and consciousness of the “demon” or “demons” indwelling them, e.g., Luk 8:28<\/span>. The verb is found chiefly in Matt. and Mark; Mat 4:24<\/span>; Mat 8:16<\/span>,28,33; Mat 9:32<\/span>; Mat 12:22<\/span>; Mat 15:22<\/span>; Mar 1:32<\/span>; Mar 5:15<\/span>,16,18; elsewhere in Luk 8:36<\/span>; Joh 10:21<\/span>, “him that hath a devil (demon).” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n signifies “proceeding from, or resembling, a demon, demoniacal;” see marg. of Jam 3:15<\/span>, RV (text, “devilish”). <\/p>\n Demon, Demoniac “a demon,” signified, among pagan Greeks, an inferior deity, whether good or bad. In the NT it denotes “an evil spirit.” It is used in Mat 8:31, mistranslated “devils.” Some would derive the word from a root da—, meaning “to distribute.” More probably it is from a similar root da—, meaning “to know,” … Continue reading “Demon, Demoniac”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"