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Strong's G1228 διάβολος (diabolos)

Diabolos means “devil” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1228 — baqbuq (“bottle”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1228
Language Greek
Linked Usages 54
Books 21

Strong's G1228 Quick Answer

Strong's G1228 διάβολος (diabolos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. diabolos (dee-ab'-ol-os) adj. 1. a slanderer 2. (specially) Satan It has 54 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include devil, false, satan, and slanderers. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
diabolos (dee-ab'-ol-os) adj. 1. a slanderer 2. (specially) Satan
Usage
54 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
devil, false, satan, and slanderers

Meaning and Definition

diabolos (dee-ab'-ol-os) adj. 1. a slanderer 2. (specially) Satan [from G1225] KJV: false accuser, devil, slanderer Root(s): G1225 Compare: H7854

Original Word
διάβολος
Transliteration
diabolos
Derivation
Root: διαβάλλω R1: 1225
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1228. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

devilish/the Devil

Usage: διάβολος, -ον (διαβάλλω, which see) [in LXX for שָׂטָן (as Job.1:6), exc. Est.7:4 8:1 (צַר, צָרַר) ;] slanderous, accusing falsely. As subst., ὁ, ἡ, δ.; __(a) generally (of. Es, ll. with), a slanderer, false accuser: 1Ti.3:6, 7 (CGT, in l., but see infr.) 3:11, 2Ti.3:3, Tit.2:3;

__(b) as chiefly in LXX, of Satan, the Accuser, the Devil: Mat.4:1, 5, 8, 11 13:39 25:41, Luk.4:2, 3, 6, 13 8:12, Jhn.13:2, Act.10:38, Eph.4:27 6:11, 1Ti.3:6, 7 (but see supr.), 2Ti.2:26, Heb.2:14, Jas.4:7, 1Pe.5:8, Ju 9, Rev.2:10 12:9, 12 20:2, 10; εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ δ., Jhn.8:44, 1Jn.3:8; τέκνα τοῦ δ., 1Jn.3:10; υἱὸς, Act.13:10; metaphorically, of Judas, Jhn.6:70 (Cremer, 121; DCG, ii, 605).† (AS)

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How Strong's G1228 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render diabolos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

devil Matthew 4:1 30× false 2 Timothy 3:3 Satan Revelation 12:9 slanderers 1 Timothy 3:11

How Strong's G1228 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 36 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1228 (διάβολος) appears 22 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1228 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1228 in the New Testament

36 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 4:1 KJV

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

Matthew 4:5 KJV

Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

Matthew 4:8 KJV

Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

Strong's G1228 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

16 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

1 Chronicles 21:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

Esther 7:4 Septuagint / Brenton

For 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 is not worthy of the king’s palace.

Esther 8:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And in that day King Artaxerxes gave to Esther all that belonged to Haman the slanderer: and Mordecai was called by the king; for Esther had shown that he was related to her.

Strong's G1228 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 1:36 Septuagint / Brenton

for it was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil adversary to Israel.

Wisdom of Solomon 2:24 Septuagint / Brenton

Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world: And they that are of his side do find it.

Usage Excerpts

First 54 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1228.

1 Chronicles 21:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
Esther 7:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For 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 is not worthy of the king’s palace.
Esther 8:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in that day King Artaxerxes gave to Esther all that belonged to Haman the slanderer: and Mordecai was called by the king; for Esther had shown that he was related to her.
Job 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on a day, That, behold, the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, And the devil came with them.
Job 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to the devil, Whence art thou come? And the devil answered the Lord, and said, I am come from compassing the earth, and walking up and down in the world.
Job 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the devil answered, and said before the Lord, Does Job worship the Lord for nothing?
Job 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I give into thy hand all that he has, But touch not him. So the devil went out from the presence of the Lord.
Job 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on a certain day, That the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, And the devil came among them To stand before the Lord.
Job 2:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to the devil, Whence comest thou? Then the devil said before the Lord, I am come from going through the world, and walking about the whole earth.
Job 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to the devil, 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?
Job 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the devil answered and said to the Lord, Skin for skin, All that a man has will he give as a ransom for his life.
Job 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to thee; Only save his life.
Job 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the devil went out from the Lord, And smote Job with sore boils from his feet to his head.
Psalms 108:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Set thou a sinner against him; And let the devil stand at his right hand.
Zechariah 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and the Devil stood on his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said to the Devil,
Zechariah 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord rebuke thee, O Devil, even the Lord that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: behold! is not this as a brand plucked from the fire?
Matthew 4:1 New Testament, KJV
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Matthew 4:5 New Testament, KJV
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
Matthew 4:8 New Testament, KJV
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Matthew 4:11 New Testament, KJV
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Matthew 13:39 New Testament, KJV
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Matthew 25:41 New Testament, KJV
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Luke 4:2 New Testament, KJV
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Luke 4:3 New Testament, KJV
And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
Luke 4:5 New Testament, KJV
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
Luke 4:6 New Testament, KJV
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
Luke 4:13 New Testament, KJV
And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Luke 8:12 New Testament, KJV
Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
John 6:70 New Testament, KJV
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
John 8:44 New Testament, KJV
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
John 13:2 New Testament, KJV
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
Acts 10:38 New Testament, KJV
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Acts 13:10 New Testament, KJV
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Ephesians 6:11 New Testament, KJV
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:6 New Testament, KJV
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:7 New Testament, KJV
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:11 New Testament, KJV
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
2 Timothy 2:26 New Testament, KJV
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
2 Timothy 3:3 New Testament, KJV
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Titus 2:3 New Testament, KJV
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
Hebrews 2:14 New Testament, KJV
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
James 4:7 New Testament, KJV
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1 Peter 5:8 New Testament, KJV
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1 John 3:8 New Testament, KJV
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:10 New Testament, KJV
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
Jude 1:9 New Testament, KJV
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Revelation 2:10 New Testament, KJV
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Revelation 12:9 New Testament, KJV
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Revelation 12:12 New Testament, KJV
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Revelation 20:2 New Testament, KJV
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Revelation 20:10 New Testament, KJV
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
1 Maccabees 1:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
for it was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil adversary to Israel.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world: And they that are of his side do find it.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1228, grouped by book.

1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 6 usages, New Testament
Luke 6 usages, New Testament
John 3 usages, New Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 2 usages, New Testament
1 Timothy 3 usages, New Testament
2 Timothy 2 usages, New Testament
Titus 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
1 John 2 usages, New Testament
Jude 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 5 usages, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1228 FAQ

What does diabolos (διάβολος) mean?

Diabolos (Strong's G1228) is a Greek word most simply glossed "devil". diabolos (dee-ab'-ol-os) adj. 1. a slanderer 2. (specially) Satan

How many times is diabolos (διάβολος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 54 linked usages for Strong's G1228 across 21 books.

Where can I study diabolos (διάβολος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1228 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate diabolos (διάβολος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as devil, false, satan, and slanderers. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1228 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 16 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1228, with linked reader references where each row is available.