Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
δαιμόνιον (G1140)
63 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)
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