Noun / adjective diabolos (devil, slanderer, adversary) in the Bible

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and Brenton for the Septuagint)


Matthew

4: 1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil (diabolos).
4: 5Then the devil (diabolos) took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple,
4: 8Again, the devil (diabolos) took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor;
4: 11Then the devil (diabolos) left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.
13: 39and the enemy who sowed them is the devil (diabolos); the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
25: 41Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil (diabolos) and his angels;

Luke

4: 2where for forty days he was tempted by the devil (diabolos). He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished.
4: 3The devil (diabolos) said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread."
4: 6And the devil (diabolos) said to him, "To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please.
4: 13When the devil (diabolos) had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.
8: 12The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil (diabolos) comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

John

6: 70Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil (diabolos)."
8: 44You are from your father the devil (diabolos), and you choose to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
13: 2The devil (diabolos) had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper

Acts

10: 38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil (diabolos), for God was with him.
13: 10and said, "You son of the devil (diabolos), you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

1 John

3: 8Everyone who commits sin is a child of the devil (diabolos); for the devil (diabolos) has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil (diabolos).
3: 10The children of God and the children of the devil (diabolos) are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters.

Ephesians

4: 27and do not make room for the devil (diabolos).
6: 11Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil (diabolos).

1 Timothy

3: 6He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil (diabolos).
3: 7Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace and the snare of the devil (diabolos).
3: 11Women likewise must be serious, not slanderers (diabolos), but temperate, faithful in all things.

2 Timothy

2: 26and that they may escape from the snare of the devil (diabolos), having been held captive by him to do his will.
3: 3inhuman, implacable, slanderers (diabolos), profligates, brutes, haters of good,

Titus

2: 3Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers (diabolos) or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good,

Hebrews

2: 14Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, he himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil (diabolos),

James

4: 7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil (diabolos), and he will flee from you.

1 Peter

5: 8Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil (diabolos) prowls around, looking for someone to devour.

Jude

1: 9But when the archangel Michael contended with the devil (diabolos) and disputed about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring a condemnation of slander against him, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"

Revelation

2: 10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Beware, the devil (diabolos) is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
12: 9The great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil (diabolos) and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world - he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
12: 12Rejoice then, you heavens and those who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, for the devil (diabolos) has come down to you with great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!"
20: 2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil (diabolos) and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
20: 10And the devil (diabolos) who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

1 Chronicles (LXX)

21: 1And the devil (diabolos) stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

Zechariah (LXX)

3: 1And the Lord shewed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and the Devil (diabolos) stood on his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said to the Devil (diabolos),
3: 2The Lord rebuke thee, O Devil (diabolos), even the Lord that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: behold! is not this as a brand plucked from the fire?

Job (LXX)

1: 6And it came to pass on a day, that, behold, the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, and the devil (diabolos) came with them.
1: 7And the Lord said to the devil (diabolos), Whence art thou come? And the devil (diabolos) answered the Lord, and said, I am come from compassing the earth, and walking up and down in the world.
1: 9Then the devil (diabolos) answered, and said before the Lord, Does Job worship the Lord for nothing?
1: 12Then the Lord said to the devil (diabolos), Behold, I give into thine hand all that he has, but touch not himself. So the devil (diabolos) went out from the presence of the Lord.
2: 1And it came to pass on a certain day, that the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, and the devil (diabolos) came among them to stand before the Lord.
2: 2And the Lord said to the devil (diabolos), Whence comest thou? Then the devil (diabolos) said before the Lord, I am come from going through the world, and walking about the whole earth.
2: 3And the Lord said to the devil (diabolos), Hast thou then observed my servant Job, that there is none of men upon the earth like him, a harmless, true, blameless, godly man, abstaining from all evil? and he yet cleaves to innocence, whereas thou hast told me to destroy his substance without cause?
2: 4And the devil (diabolos) answered and said to the Lord, Skin for skin, all that a man has will he give as a ransom for his life.
2: 6And the Lord said to the devil (diabolos), Behold, I deliver him up to thee; only save his life.
2: 7So the devil (diabolos) went out from the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from his feet to his head.

Esther (LXX)

7: 4For both I and my people are sold for destruction, and pillage, and slavery; both we and our children for bondmen and bondwomen: and I consented not to it, for the slanderer (diabolos) is not worthy of the king's palace.
8: 1And in that day king Artaxerxes gave to Esther all that belonged to Aman the slanderer (diabolos): and Mardochaeus was called by the king; for Esther had shewn that he was related to her.

Psalms (LXX)

109 (108): 6Set thou a sinner against him; and let the devil (diabolos) stand at his right hand.

Wisdom (LXX)

2: 24Nevertheless through envy of the devil (diabolos) came death into the world: and they that are of his side do find it.

1 Maccabees (LXX)

1: 36for it was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil adversary (diabolos) to Israel.