δαιμόνιον, -ου, τό (neut. of δαιμόνιος, -α, -ον,
divine), [in LXX (so also in π; see MM,
Exp., x) for שֵׁד, אֱלִיל, (frequently in To);] 1) as in cl; (a)
the Divine power, Deity (Hdt, Plat, al.); (b)
an inferior divinity, deity or
demon (as in magical π, Deiss,
BS, 281; MM,
Exp., x): ξένα δ, Act.17:18. 2) (a) in OT, heathen deities, false gods (e.g. Deu.32:17, Psa.95 (96):5); (b) in NT,
evil spirits, demons: θύουσιν δαιμονίοις, 1Co.10:20; διδασκαλίαι δαιμονίων, 1Ti.4:1; προσκυνεῖν τὰ δ, Rev.9:20; ἄρχων τῶν δ, Mat.9:34; especially (syn. with πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον) as operating upon and "possessing" (of. δαιμονίζομαι) men: Mat.11:18, and al; εἰσέρχεσθαι δ. εἰς, Luk.8:30; δ. ἔχειν, Luk.4:33; δ. ἐκβάλλειν, Mat.7:22 In the phrase πνεῦμα δαιμονίου ἀκαθάρτου, Luk.4:33, the wider cl. usage (1.
b) is recognised, ἀκ. being elsewhere in NT, the epithet of πν, and δ. = πν. ἀκ. (see
ICC, in l; Cremer, 168) (
AS)