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devil

Meaning of “devil”

Sense 1: The Devil: Satan, the old serpent, the enemy, adversary, tempter, and deceiver. Sense 2: An evil or unclean spirit. Sense 3: By figure, a person characterized by great wickedness.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
61 occurrences57 verses14 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Matthew 4:1

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Luke 4:2
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 4:2 · retained source text

Being fourtie dayes tempted of the deuil, and in those dayes he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungred.

Luke 4:3
And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 4:3 · retained source text

And the deuil saide vnto him, If thou be the Sonne of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

Luke 4:5
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 4:5 · retained source text

And the deuil taking him vp into an high mountaine, shewed vnto him all the kingdomes of the world in a moment of time.

Luke 4:6
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 4:6 · retained source text

And the deuil said vnto him, All this power will I giue thee, and the glory of them; for that is deliuered vnto me, & to whomsoeuer I will, I giue it.

Luke 4:13
And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 4:13 · retained source text

And when the deuil had ended all the temptation, hee departed from him for a season.

Luke 4:33
¶ And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 4:33 · retained source text

¶ And in the Synagogue there was a man which had a spirit of an vncleane deuill, and cryed out with a loud voice,

1611 marginal noteMat. 1.23.

Luke 4:35
And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 4:35 · retained source text

And Iesus rebuked him, saying, Holde thy peace, and come out of him. And when the deuill had throwen him in the middes, hee came out of him, and hurt him not.

Luke 7:33
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 7:33 · retained source text

For Iohn the Baptist came, neither eating bread, nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a deuill.

Luke 8:12
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 8:12 · retained source text

Those by the way side, are they that heare: then commeth the deuil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, least they should beleeue, and be saued.

Luke 8:29
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 8:29 · retained source text

(For he had commanded the vncleane spirit to come out of the man: For oftentimes it had caught him, and he was kept bound with chaines, and in fetters: and he brake the bands, and was driuen of the deuil into the wildernesse.)

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

Matthew 13:39

The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

Luke 4:33

¶ And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

Revelation 12:9

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.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

An evil spirit or being; ... the chief of the apostate angels; the ... enemy and tempter of the human race. A very wicked person.

volume 1, leaf 576-577, column 3-1 (noun entry)