Dictionary entry

διάβολος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

διάβολος, -ον

(< διαβάλλω, q.v.) [in LXX for שָׂטָן (as Jb 1:6), exc. Es 7:48:1 (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, 1113:3925:41, Lk 4:2, 3, 6, 138:12, Jo 13:2, Ac 10:38, Eph 4:276:11, 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 2:1012:9, 1220:2, 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).†