What does δαίμων (daímōn) mean in the Bible?
δαίμων (daímōn): Supernatural malevolent spirit; in NT primarily equivalent to δαιμόνιον, emphasizing demonic opposition to God's purposes.
Greek · G1142
δαίμων
A dæmon or supernatural spirit (of a bad nature)
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δαίμων G1142
Pronunciation daímōn
What does δαίμων (daímōn) mean in the Bible?
δαίμων (daímōn): Supernatural malevolent spirit; in NT primarily equivalent to δαιμόνιον, emphasizing demonic opposition to God's purposes.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1142?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include demons (1).
Where does δαίμων (daímōn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:31. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It demons 1× Matthew 8:31
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 8:31
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Matthew 1
Source forms
δαίμονες 1x daimones Matthew 8:31
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 8:31
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Supernatural malevolent spirit; in NT primarily equivalent to δαιμόνιον, emphasizing demonic opposition to God's purposes.
Strong's G1142
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link James 2:18–20 Source Gloss
a dæmon or supernatural spirit (of a bad nature)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Supernatural malevolent spirit; in NT primarily equivalent to δαιμόνιον, emphasizing demonic opposition to God's purposes.
in cl. and NT = δαιμόνιον; a demon: Mat.8:31.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:31 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
δαίμονες daimonev
an evil-spirit, demon
Read verse Mark 5:12 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
δαίμονες, daimonev
an evil-spirit, demon
Read verse Luke 8:29 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
δαίμονος daimonov
an evil-spirit, demon
Read verse Revelation 16:14 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
δαιμόνων daimonwn
an evil-spirit, demon
Read verse Revelation 18:2 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
δαιμόνων, daimonwn
an evil-spirit, demon
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 8:31 1×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
Representative Scripture witnesses for this entry: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Witnesses
demons
Mark 1:29–34 δαιμόνια daímōn
demons, evil spirits
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain