adjective

diabolos

GreekΔιάβολος (diabolos)

Strong’sG1228

slanderous, the Slanderer, the Devil

stem diabol-2 times in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

devil2×

What it means

διάβολος, -ον

(< διαβάλλω, q.v.) [in LXX for שָׂטָן (as Jb 1:6), exc. Es 7:4 8:1 (צַר, צָרַר);]

slanderous, accusing falsely. As subst., ὁ, ἡ, δ.;

(a) generally (of. Es, ll. c.), a slanderer, false accuser: I Ti 3:6, 7 (CGT, in l., but v. infr.) 3:11, II Ti 3:3, Tit 2:3;

(b) as chiefly in LXX, of Satan, the Accuser, the Devil: Mt 4:1, 5, 8, 11 13:39 25:41, Lk 4:2, 3, 6, 13 8:12, Jo 13:2, Ac 10:38, Eph 4:27 6:11, I Ti 3:6, 7 (but v. supr.), II Ti 2:26, He 2:14, Ja 4:7, I Pe 5:8, Ju 9, Re 2:10 12:9, 12 20:2, 10; εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ δ., Jo 8:44, I Jo 3:8; τέκνα τοῦ δ., I Jo 3:10; υἱὸς, Ac 13:10; metaph., of Judas, Jo 6:70 (Cremer, 121; DCG, ii, 605).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1228 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-ab'-ol-os

a traducer; specially, Satan (compare )

Fromfrom G1225;

King Jamesfalse accuser, devil, slanderer.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	diabolos2×Διάβολος	diabolas	diabolem	diabolois	diabolais	diaboleim
object accusative	diabolon	diabolan		diaboloin	diabolain
direct address vocative	diabolor	diabolar		diaboloir	diabolair
of, belonging to genitive	diabolou	diabolau	diaboleu	diaboloiu	diabolaiu	diaboleiu
to, for dative	diabolo	diabola	diabole	diaboloi	diabolai	diabolei

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

diabolstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

diabol 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

Words built on the same stem

diabolos — διάβολος, slanderous, the Slanderer, the Devil

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

diabolos“devil”subjectnominative singular2×

Revelation 12:9“devil”kai ballita tos drakōnos tos megos, tos ofios tos archaios, tos kalirōtos Diabolos kai tos Satanaos, tos planarōtos tan oikoumenan holan ballita eis tan gēan, kai tois angelois autou meta autou ballila.And the great dragon was hurled down — that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Revelation 20:2“devil”kai kratata ton drakōnon, tos ofios tos archaios, hos atō Diabolos kai tos Satanaos, kai data auton chilioi eteim,He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.