noun · masculine
daimōnos
Greekδαίμων (daimōn)
Strong’sG1142
an evil-spirit, demon
stem daimōn-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δαίμων, -ονος, ὁ, ἡ
[in LXX for גַּד, Is 65:11 (א; δαιμονίῳ, AB) *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1142 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddah'-ee-mown
a dæmon or supernatural spirit (of a bad nature)
Fromfrom δαίω (to distribute fortunes);
King Jamesdevil.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | daimōnos | daimōnois1×δαίμονες |
| object accusative | daimōnon | daimōnoin |
| direct address vocative | daimōnor | daimōnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | daimōnou | daimōnoiu |
| to, for dative | daimōno | daimōnoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
daimōno is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
daimōnois“demons”subjectnominative plural1×
Matthew 8:31“demons”tois de daimōnois parakalale auton legarōtois; Ei ekballasō nin, apostelasar nin eis tan agelan toiu choiroiu.So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”