Dict: easton - Devil

Devil @ (Gr. diabolos), a slanderer, the arch-enemy of man's spiritual interest kjv@Job:1:6; kjv@Revelation:2:10; kjv@Zechariah:3:1). He is called also "the accuser of the brethen" kjv@Revelation:12:10). In kjv@Leviticus:17:7 the word "devil" is the translation of the Hebrew sair, meaning a "goat" or "satyr" kjv@Isaiah:13:21 kjv@Isaiah:34:14), alluding to the wood-daemons, the objects of idolatrous worship among the heathen. In kjv@Deuteronomy:32:17 and kjv@Psalms:106:37 it is the translation of Hebrew shed, meaning lord, and idol, regarded by the Jews as a "demon," as the word is rendered in the Revised Version. In the narratives of the Gospels regarding the "casting out of devils" a different Greek word (daimon) is used. In the time of our Lord there were frequent cases of demoniacal possession kjv@Matthew:12:25-30; kjv@Mark:5:1-20; kjv@Luke:4:35 kjv@Luke:10:18, etc.).