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devils

Meaning of “devils”

Evil spirits opposed to God.

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55 occurrences48 verses11 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 17:7

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Leviticus 17:7
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 17:7 · retained source text

And they shall no more offer their sacrifices vnto deuils, after whom they haue gone a whoring: This shall be a statute for euer vnto them throughout their generations.

Deuteronomy 32:17
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 32:17 · retained source text

They sacrificed vnto deuils, not to God: to gods whom they knew not, to new gods, that came newly vp, whom your fathers feared not.

1611 marginal noteOr, which were not God.

2 Chronicles 11:15
And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 11:15 · retained source text

And hee ordeined him priests for the high places, and for the deuils, and for the calues which he had made.

Psalms 106:37
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 106:37 · retained source text

Yea they sacrificed their sonnes, and their daughters vnto deuils,

Matthew 4:24
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 4:24 · retained source text

And his fame went thorowout all Syria: and they brought vnto him all sicke people that were taken with diuerse diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with deuils, and those which were lunaticke, and those that had the palsie, and he healed them.

Matthew 7:22
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 7:22 · retained source text

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, haue we not prophecied in thy name? and in thy name haue cast out deuils? and in thy name done many wonderfull works?

Matthew 8:16
¶ When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 8:16 · retained source text

¶ When the Euen was come, they brought vnto him many that were possessed with deuils: and hee cast out the spirits with his worde, and healed all that were sicke,

1611 marginal noteMar.1.32. luke 4.40.

Matthew 8:28
¶ And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 8:28 · retained source text

¶ And when hee was come to the other side, into the countrey of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with deuils, comming out of the tombes, exceeding fierce, so that no man might passe by that way.

1611 marginal noteMarke 5.1. luk. 8.16.

Matthew 8:31
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 8:31 · retained source text

So the deuils besought him, saying, If thou cast vs out, suffer vs to goe away into the herd of swine.

Matthew 8:33
And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 8:33 · retained source text

And they that kept them, fled, and went their waies into the citie, and told euery thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the deuils.

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