Devil @ (Gr. diabolos), a slanderer, the arch-enemy of man's spiritual interest Job:1:6; Revelation:2:10; Zechariah:3:1). He is called also "the accuser of the brethen" Revelation:12:10). In Leviticus:17:7 the word "devil" is the translation of the Hebrew _sair_, meaning a "goat" or "satyr" Isaiah:13:21Isaiah:34:14), alluding to the wood-daemons, the objects of idolatrous worship among the heathen. In Deuteronomy:32:17 and Psalms:106:37 it is the translation of Hebrew _shed_, meaning lord, and idol, regarded by the Jews as a "demon," as the word is rendered in the Revised Version. In the narratives of the Gospels regarding the "casting out of devils" a different Greek word (daimon) is used. In the time of our Lord there were frequent cases of demoniacal possession Matthew:12:25-30; Mark:5:1-20; Luke:4:35Luke:10:18, etc.).
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