διάβολος

Detailed Definition

• 1prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely
• 2a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer,
• 3metaphorically applied to a man who, by opposing the cause of god, may be said to act the part of the devil or to side with him satan the prince of the demons, the author of evil, persecuting good men, estranging mankind from god and enticing them to sin, afflicting them with diseases by means of demons who take possession of their bodies at his bidding