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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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Matthew 17:18
And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 17:18 · retained source text

And Iesus rebuked the deuill, and hee departed out of him: and the childe was cured from that very houre.

Matthew 25:41
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:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 25:41 · retained source text

Then shall he say also vnto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into euerlasting fire, prepared for the deuill and his angels.

1611 marginal notePsal. 6.8. chap. 7.23.

Mark 5:15
And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 5:15 · retained source text

And they come to Iesus, and see him that was possessed with the deuill, and had the Legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right minde: and they were afraid.

Mark 5:16
And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 5:16 · retained source text

And they that saw it, tolde them how it befell to him that was possessed with the deuill, and also concerning the swine.

Mark 5:18
And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 5:18 · retained source text

And when hee was come into the ship, he that had bene possessed with the deuill prayed him that hee might bee with him.

Mark 7:26
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Mark 7:26 · retained source text

(The woman was a Greek: a Syrophenician by nation:) and she besought him that he would cast forth the deuill out of her daughter.

1611 marginal noteOr, Gentile.

Mark 7:29
And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 7:29 · retained source text

And hee said vnto her, For this saying, goe thy way, the deuill is gone out of thy daughter.

Mark 7:30
And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 7:30 · retained source text

And when shee was come to her house, she found the deuill gone out, and her daughter laied vpon the bed.

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.

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Definition evidence

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)