Reference: Demon
Easton
See Daemon.
Hastings
The word does not occur in AV. In RV it is substituted for 'devil' in the margin of many passages, and the American Committee was in favour of its adoption in the text. Twice it stands in the text (De 32:17; Ps 106:37), representing a root found in both Assyrian and Arabic, and denoting a species of genli or demi-gods, who were conceived as invested with power for good or evil, and to whom even human sacrifices were offered. So in Bar 4:7; and in the same sense probably 'devils' is used in 1Co 10:20 and Re 9:20. For the conception of demon as an influence or spirit, exclusively evil, see Devil; and for the phenomena, see Possession and Exorcism.
R. W. Moss.
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They will sacrifice to demons, not God; Gods they have not known them New ones came out from the midst; Your fathers not having feared them.
And they will sacrifice their sons and their daughters to lords.
But, that what things they sacrifice the nations sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I will not ye be partakers of demons.
And the rest of men who were not killed by these blows, neither repented of the works of their hands, that they should not worship evil spirits, and images of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood: which neither can see, neither hear, neither walk:
Morish
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And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to satyrs with whom they committed fornication after them: this shall be to them a law forever to their generations.
They will sacrifice to demons, not God; Gods they have not known them New ones came out from the midst; Your fathers not having feared them.
And he will set up to him priests for the heights, for the wood-demons, and for the calves which he made.
And they will sacrifice their sons and their daughters to lords.
And inhabitants of the desert reclined there, and their houses were filled with howlings, and the daughters of the ostrich dwelt there, and he goats shall leap there.
And animals of the desert lighted upon the howlers, and the he goat shall call to his neighbor; also there the night spectre rested, and found for herself a resting place.
And, behold, they cried out., saying, What to us and thee, Jesus, Son of God? hast thou come here to torture us before the time
But the Pharisees, having heard, said, He casts not out demons, but by Beelzebub, ruler of demons. And Jesus knowing their reflections, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand. read more. And if Satan casts out Satan, he was divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? And I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast out? for this shall they be your judges. But if I, by the Spirit of God, cast out demons, the kingdom of God has come before hand upon you. Or how can any one come into the house of the strong, and plunder his goods, except be first bind the strong? and then he will plunder his house.
And the man leaping upon them in whom the evil spirit was, and having overpowered them, he was strong against them, so that naked and wounded they fled out of the house.
What do I say therefore? that an idol is any thing? or that what is sacrificed to an idol is any thing? But, that what things they sacrifice the nations sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I will not ye be partakers of demons. read more. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and the table of demons.
And the Spirit says expressly, that in later times some shall be removed from the faith, holding to deceitful spirits, and doctrines of evil spirits;
Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they are of God: for many false prophets have come out into the world.
And the rest of men who were not killed by these blows, neither repented of the works of their hands, that they should not worship evil spirits, and images of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood: which neither can see, neither hear, neither walk:
And the rest of men who were not killed by these blows, neither repented of the works of their hands, that they should not worship evil spirits, and images of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood: which neither can see, neither hear, neither walk:
And I saw out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the wild beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. For they are the spirits of demons, doing signs, to go out upon all the kings of the earth and of the whole habitable globe, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Omnipotent Ruler.
For they are the spirits of demons, doing signs, to go out upon all the kings of the earth and of the whole habitable globe, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Omnipotent Ruler.
And he cried with a great, strong voice, saying, She fell, Babylon the great fell, and became the dwelling of devils, and the prison of every unclean spirit, and the prison of every unclean and detested bird.
Smith
Demon.
In the Gospels generally, in
and in Reve 16:14 the demons are spoken of as spiritual beings, at enmity with God, and having power to afflict man not only with disease, but, as is marked by the frequent epithet "un-clean," with spiritual pollution also. They "believe" the power of God "and tremble,"
they recognized the Lord as the Son of God,
Mt 8:29; Lu 4:41
and acknowledged the power of his name, used in exorcism. In the place of the name of Jehovah, by his appointed messengers,
and looked forward in terror to the judgment to come.
The description is precisely that of a nature akin to the angelic in knowledge and powers, but with the emphatic addition of the idea of positive and active wickedness.
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And, behold, they cried out., saying, What to us and thee, Jesus, Son of God? hast thou come here to torture us before the time
And, behold, they cried out., saying, What to us and thee, Jesus, Son of God? hast thou come here to torture us before the time
And demons came out of many, crying, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And answering he suffered them not to speak, for they knew him to be Christ.
And the evil spirit having answered, said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: and the evil spirits believe, and shudder.
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: and the evil spirits believe, and shudder.