Quick Definition
δαιμονίζομαι v. I am demon-possessed
Strong's Definition
middle voice from 1142; to be exercised by a dæmon
KJV Usage: have a (be vexed with, be possessed with) devil(-s)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δαιμόνιον · δαιμονιώδης · δαίμων · δεισιδαιμονία · δεισιδαίμων
12.41 · Supernatural Beings and Powers · Supernatural Beings
to be demon possessed (derivative of δαιμόνιον[a] ‘demon,’ 12.37) to be possessed by a demon In a number of languages one cannot speak of a person ‘being possessed by a demon.’ A more appropriate expression may be ‘the person possesses a demon.’ In other instances an idiomatic phrase is employed, ‘the demon rides the person’ or ‘the demon commands the person’ or even ‘the demon is the person.’
MAT 4:24 · MAT 8:16 · MAT 8:28 · MAT 8:33 · MAT 9:32 · MAT 12:22 · MAT 15:22 · MRK 1:32 · MRK 5:15 · MRK 5:16 · MRK 5:18 · LUK 8:36 · JHN 10:21
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δαιμονίζομαι; 1 aor. pass. ptep. δαιμονισθείς ; (Saluwv) ; to be under the power of a demon: ἄλλος κατ᾽ ἄλλην δαιμονίζεται τύχην, Philem. in Stob. ecl. phys. 1 p. 196; of the insane, Plut. symp. 7, 5, 4, and in other later auth. In the N. T. δαιμονιζόμενοι are persons afflicted with especially severe diseases, either bodily or mental (such as paralysis, blindness, deafness, loss of speech, epilepsy, ' melancholy, insanity, ete.), whose bodies in the opinion of the Jews demons (see δαιμόνιον) had entered, and so held possession of them as not only to afflict them with ills, but also to dethrone the reason and take its place themselves; accordingly the possessed were wont to express the mind and consciousness of the demons dwelling in them; and their cure was thought to require the expulsion of the demon — [but on this subject see B.D. Am. ed. s. ν. Demoniacs and reff. there; Weiss, Leben Jesu bk. iii. ch. 6]: Mt. iv. 24; viii. 16, 28,33; ix. 32; xii. 22; xv. 22; Mk. i. 32; v. 15 sq.; Jn. x. 21; δαιμονισθείς, that had been possessed by a demon [demons], Mk. v.18; Lk. viii. 36. They are said also to be ὀχλούμενοι ὑπὸ or ἀπὸ πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων. Lk. vi. 18 [T Tr WH ἐνοχλ.}; Acts v.16; καταδυναστευόμενοι ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου i. 6. by his ministers, the demons, Acts x. 38.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δαιμονίζομαι daimonizomai 13x
in NT to be possessed, afflicted, vexed, by a demon or evil spirit, i.q. δαιμόνιον ἔχειν, Mt. 4:24; 8:16, 28, 33
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** δαιμονίζομαι
(in cl. also δαιμονάω; < δαίμων), [in Aq.: Ps 90(91):6 * ;]
to be under the power of a δαίμων (δαιμόνιον, q.v.), to be possessed: Mt 15:22; elsewhere always ptcp., -ιζόμενος, -ισθείς: Mt 4:24; 8:16, 28, 33 9:32 12:22, Mk 1:32 5:15, 16, 18, Lk 8:36, Jo 10:21 (Cremer, 171).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δαιμονίζομαι in its NT sense of being possessed with demons seems to occur only in later Greek. For a form δαιμονιάζω, otherwise unknown, see the Paris Great Magical Papyrus, Leaf | | accession of Nero, P Oxy VII. ro21° (Δ... 54) the Emperor 33°07 (c. A.D. 300) πρὸς δαιμονιαζομένους ΙΤιβήχεως δόκιμον, “for those possessed by demons, an approved charm by Pibechis” (cited by Deissmann ZAZ, p. 251). The normal form occurs in P Leid WY:® (ii/iii a.p.) ἐν (Δ ἐὰν) δαιμονιfopev(w) εἴπῃς Td (ὄνομα), προσάγων τῇ pewl αὐτοῦ θεῖον καὶ ἄσφαλτον, εὐθέως λαλήσει (sc. τὸ δαιμόνιον) κ(αὶ) ἀπελεύσεται. In MGr the act. δαιμονίζω appears, = “" drive mad”: cf. Abbott Songs, p. 224 (no. 47). The derived noun δαιμονισμός occurs in Vettius Valens, [By ee
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δαιμονίζομαι (daimonizomai) — be demonised. δαιμον-ίζομαι, middle, ={δαιμονάω}, ἄλλος κατ᾽ ἄλλην δαιμονίζεται τύχην each one hath his own fate appointed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. as passive, to be deified, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; active in [Refs 5th c.AD+]
III. to be possessed by a demon or evil spirit, [NT+1st c.AD+]