δαιμόνιον, -ου, τό
(neut. of δαιμόνιος, -α, -ον,
divine), [in LXX (so also in π; see MM,
Exp., x) for שֵׁד, אֱלִיל, (frequently in To) ;]
1. as in cl.;
(a)
the Divine power, Deity (Hdt., Plat., al.);
(b)
an inferior divinity, deity or
demon (as in magical π, Deiss.,
BS, 281; MM,
Exp., x): ξένα δ.,
Act.17:18 2. (a) in OT, heathen deities, false gods (e.g.
Deu.32:17, Psa.95 (96):5);
(b) in NT,
evil spirits, demons: θύουσιν δαιμονίοις,
1Co.10:20 διδασκαλίαι δαιμονίων,
1Ti.4:1 προσκυνεῖν τὰ δ.,
Rev.9:20 ἄρχων τῶν δ.,
Mat.9:34 especially (syn. with πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον) as operating upon and "possessing" (of. δαιμονίζομαι) men:
Mat.11:18, and al.; εἰσέρχεσθαι δ. εἰς. . .,
Luk.8:30 δ. ἔχειν,
Luk.4:33 δ. ἐκβάλλειν,
Mat.7:22 In the phrase πνεῦμα δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου,
Luk.4:33, the wider cl. usage (1.
b) is recognised, ἀκ. being elsewhere in NT, the epithet of πν., and δ. = πν. ἀκ. (see
ICC, in l; Cremer, 168)
(AS)
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