Demoniac Demon

Demoniac Demon

'''A — 1: δαίμων (Strong'S #1142 — Noun — daimon — dah'ee-mown )

"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  Matthew 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," and hence means "a knowing one."

'''A — 2: δαιμόνιον (Strong'S #1140 — Noun Neuter — daimonion — dahee-mon'-ee-on )

not a diminutive of daimon, No. 1, but the neuter of the adjective daimonios, pertaining to a demon, is also mistranslated "devil," "devils." In  Acts 17:18 , 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,  1 Corinthians 10:20,21;  Revelation 9:20; cp.  Deuteronomy 32:17;  Isaiah 13:21;  34:14;  65:3,11 . They disseminate errors among men, and seek to seduce believers,  1 Timothy 4:1 . As seducing spirits they deceive men into the supposition that through mediums (those who have "familiar spirits,"  Leviticus 20:6,27 , e.g.) they can converse with deceased human beings. Hence the destructive deception of spiritism, forbidden in Scripture,  Leviticus 19:31;  Deuteronomy 18:11;  Isaiah 8:19 . "Demons" tremble before God,  James 2:19; they recognized Christ as Lord and as their future Judge,  Matthew 8:29;  Luke 4:41 . Christ cast them out of human beings by His own power. His disciples did so in His name, and by exercising faith, e.g.,  Matthew 17:20 .

 Revelation 16:13,14 Luke 13:16 Matthew 10:1 Mark 5:2 7:25 Luke 8:27-29 Revelation 16:13 18:2 Matthew 12:45 Revelation 16:14Devil.

'''B — 1: δαιμονίζομαι (Strong'S #1139 — Verb — daimonizomai — dahee-mon-id'-zom-ahee )

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.,  Luke 8:28 . The verb is found chiefly in Matt. and Mark;  Matthew 4:24;  8:16,28,33;  9:32;  12:22;  15:22;  Mark 1:32;  5:15,16,18; elsewhere in  Luke 8:36;  John 10:21 , "him that hath a devil (demon)."

'''C — 1: δαιμονιώδης (Strong'S #1141 — Adjective — daimoniodes — dahee-mon-ee-o'-dace )

signifies "proceeding from, or resembling, a demon, demoniacal;" see marg. of  James 3:15 , Rv (text, "devilish").