Category:Devil

Dev"il, n. Etym: [AS. deófol, deóful; akin to G., Goth. diabaúlus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. gal to fall. Cf. Diabolic.]

1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter of spiritual and mankind. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. Luke 4:2. That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. Revelation 12:9.

2. An evil spirit; a demon. A dumb man possessed with a devil. Matthew 9:32.

3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil John 6:70

4. (Cookery)

Defn: A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper; stuffed eggs.

devil Dev"il, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deviled or Devilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Deviling or Devilling.]

1. To make like a devil.

2. To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper. A deviled leg of turkey. W. Irving. deviled egg a hard-boiled egg, sliced into halves and with the yolk removed and replaced with a paste, usually made from the yolk and mayonnaise, seasoned with salt and/or spices such as paprika; a stuffed egg.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

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 brethren" (Revelation 12:10). In Leviticus 17:7 the word "devil" is the translation of the Hebrew sair, meaning a "goat" or "satyr" (Isaiah 13:21; Isaiah 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; Mark 5:1-20; Luke 4:35; Luke 10:18, etc.).