Quick Definition
δαιμόνιον, ου, τό n.n. an evil-spirit, demon
Strong's Definition
neuter of a derivative of 1142; a dæmonic being; by extension a deity
KJV Usage: devil, god
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | δαιμονίζομαι
12.37 · Supernatural Beings and Powers · Supernatural Beings
demon, evil spirit an evil supernatural being or spirit While in a number of languages the Devil may be spoken of as ‘the chief of the demons,’ sometimes the demons are simply called ‘the spirits of the Devil’ or ‘the servants of the Devil.’
In a number of languages the difficulty in terminology for demons is not the absence of a term, but the abundance of different terms for different kinds of demons, each one of which may be responsible for particular kinds of human behavior, for example, insanity, depression, epilepsy, sex perversion, and violent assault. Sometimes demons are classified as ‘those of the home’ and ‘those of the forest,’ in which case the latter are normally regarded as more violent and virulent. When there is an abundance of different terms for demons and no generic term for all types of demons, one can usually select a class of demons which parallels most closely the descriptions of demon activity in the NT and use such a term with appropriate contextual qualifications so as to suggest that such a term is to be understood in a general sense.
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12.26 · Supernatural Beings and Powers · Supernatural Beings
god, lesser god a supernatural being of somewhat lesser status than θεός[b] ‘god’ (12.22) The expression ‘foreign gods’ (ACT 17:18) may be rendered as ‘gods whom the foreigners worshiped’ or ‘gods of the foreigners.’ It would be wrong to render ‘foreign gods’ by a phrase which would mean ‘the gods are foreigners.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δαιμόνιον, -ov, τό, (neut. of adj. δαιμόνιος, -a, -ov, divine, fr. δαίμων ; equiv. to τὸ θεῖον) ; 1. the divine Power, deity, divinity; so sometimes in prof. auth. as Joseph. b. j. 1, 2,8; Ael. vy. h. 12, 57; in plur. καινὰ δαιμόνια, Xen. mem. 1, 1, 1 sq., and once in the N. T. ξένα δαιμόva, Acts xvii. 18. 2. a spirit, a being inferior to God, superior to men [πᾶν τὸ δαιμόνιον μεταξύ ἐστι θεοῦ τε καὶ δαιμονιώδης 1
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δαιμόνιον daimonion 63x
a heathen god, deity, Acts 17:18; 1 Cor. 10:20, 21; Rev. 9:20; in NT, a demon, evil spirit, Mt. 7:22; 9:33, 34; 10:8; 12:24
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δαιμόνιον, -ου, τό
(neut. of δαιμόνιος, -α, -ον, divine), [in LXX (so also in π; v. MM, Exp., x) for שֵׁד, אֱלִיל, (freq. in Tob) ;]
as in cl.;
the Divine power, Deity (Hdt., Plat., al.);
an inferior divinity, deity or demon (as in magical π, Deiss., BS, 281; MM, Exp., x): ξένα δ., Ac 17:18.
(a) in OT, heathen deities, false gods (e.g. De 32:17, Ps 95 (96):5);
in NT, evil spirits, demons: θύουσιν δαιμονίοις, I Co 10:20; διδασκαλίαι δαιμονίων, I Ti 4:1; προσκυνεῖν τὰ δ., Re 9:20; ἄρχων τῶν δ., Mt 9:34; especially (syn. with πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον) as operating upon and "possessing" (of. δαιμονίζομαι) men: Mt 11:18, et al.; εἰσέρχεσθαι δ. εἰς. . ., Lk 8:30; δ. ἔχειν, Lk 4:33; δ. ἐκβάλλειν, Mt 7:22 In the phrase πνεῦμα δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου, Lk 4:33, the wider cl. usage (1. b) is recognised, ἀκ. being elsewhere in NT, the epithet of πν., and δ. = πν. ἀκ. (v. ICC, in l; Cremer, 168)
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δαιμόνιον. The old adj. may be seen in OG/S 38375 (i/p.c.) where Antiochus of Commagene dedicates temple slaves κατὰ δαιμόνιον βούλησιν. Syl a24 13 (B.C, 210-5) τᾶς εἰς τὸ δαιμόνιον εὐσεβείας, and similarly 27015 (c. B.c. 193) τῆς συναντωμένης ἡμεῖν εὐμενίας διὰ ταῦτα παρὰ τοῦ δαιμονίου (following τῆς πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὐσεβείας, and succeeded by τὴν ἡμετέραν εἰς τὸ θεῖον προτιμίαν) are witnesses to the growing sense in later Hellas of the unity of the Divine. Paul’s solitary τὸ θεῖον in Ac 1759 is the only NT passage which recalls this impersonal conception. The ‘‘Septuagint Memorial” from Hadrumetum of iii/a.p., published by Deissmann 2.5, p271 ff., opens with an adjuration to the demonic spirit of the tomb on which the spell was laid—opk({w σε, δαιμόνιον πνεῦμα τὸ ἐνθάδε κείμενον, τῷ ὀνόματι τῷ ἁγίῳ Αὠωθ κτλ., where the editor refers to the belief of post-biblical Judaism that the δαιμόνια stay beside the grave, and compares the Gospel idea that the demons reside in lonely and desert regions (Mt 124%; cf. Mk 5° and see Baruch 435), The magic papyrus P Lond 46! (iv/a.p.) (=I. Ρ- 69 f.) has εἰσάκουσόν μου καὶ ἀπόστρεψο[ν] τὸ δαιμόνιον τοῦτο, and later ** ὑπόταξόν μοι πάντα τὰ δαιμόνια ἵνα μοι ἦν ὑπήκοος πᾶς δαίμων οὐράνιος καὶ αἰθέριος καὶ ἐπίγειος καὶ χερσαῖος] καὶ ἔνυδρος. That a magic document by a writer who knows Judaism, perhaps even Christianity, should use δαιμόνιον of an evil spirit is, of course, not strange. The noun may be quoted from Vettius Valens: thus p- 67° ὑπὸ δαιμονίων kal φαντασίας εἰδώλων χρηματισθήσονται. where it 15 clearly something weird. Elsewhere he uses it much as τὸ θεῖον, as p. 355) δυνάμενος τυχεῖν ὧν μὴ ἐβούλετο τὸ δαιμόνιον παρέχειν. It may be noted that in Lk 4° D δαιμόνιον has a masc. predicate—petipas αὐτὸν τὸ δαιμόνιον, and that in οἱ D itis feminine—eml πᾶσαν δαιμόνιον : see Wellhausen Einlettung, p- 12. | | ἐπὶ τὰ τρία στερεά κτλ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δαιμόνιον (daimonion) — demon. δαιμόνιον, τό, divine Power, Divinity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φοβεῖσθαι μή τι δ. πράγματ᾽ ἐλαύνῃ some fatality, [Refs]; τὰ τοῦ δ. the favours of forlune, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. inferior divine being, μεταξὺ θεοῦ τε καὶ θνητοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; applied to the 'genius' of Socrates, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. evil spirit, δ. φαῦλα [NT+3rd c.BC+]