ος, ον, litt. qui désunit, qui inspire la haine ou l’envie, PD. fr. 270 ; AR. Eq. 45 ; διάϐολόν τι, AND. 22, 38, quelque parole de dénigrement ; τὸ διάϐολον, PLUT. M. 61 c, la médisance, la calomnie ; ὁ δ. homme médisant, calomniateur, ARSTT. Top. 4, 5, 9 et 11 ; postér. dans les Livres saints et les écriv. ecclés. le Diable, SPT. Par. 1, 21, 1 ; Job 1, 6 ; Ps. 108, 6 ; etc. NT. CLÉM. etc.

• Sup. -ώτατος, AR. l. c.

Étym. διαϐάλλω.

ον, slanderous, backbiting, γραῦς Men. 878, cf. Phld. Lib. p. 24O. ; Sup. -ώτατος Ar. Eq. 45; διάβολόν τι, aliquid invidiae, And. 2.24; τὸ δ. Plu. 2.61d. Subst., slanderer, Pi. Fr. 297, Arist. Top. 126a31, Ath. 11.508d; enemy, LXX Es. 7.4, 8.1; hence, = Sâtân, ib. 1 Chr. 21.1; the Devil, Ev. Matt. 4.1, etc. Adv. -λως injuriously, invidiously, Th. 6.15; χρῆσθαί τινι Procop. Arc. 2.

verläumdend, schmähsüchtig, ἄνθρωπος Pind. frg. 270 ; εἴ τῳ ὑμῶν διάβολόν τι ἐν τῇ γνώμῃ παρέστηκεν Andoc. 2.24 ; διαβολώτατος, Ar. Eq. 45 ; ὁ δ., der Verläumder, Ath. XI.508e ; NT = Teufel.
• Adv., διαβόλως, auf verläumderische Weise, Thuc. 6.15.

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; metaph., of Judas, Jhn.6:70 (Cremer, 121; DCG, ii, 605).†
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