Category:Demon

De"mon, n. Etym: [F. démon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil spirit, fr. Gr.

An evil spirit; a devil. That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. Shak.

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary.

Demon - The Greek form, rendered "devil" in the Authorized Version of the New Testament. Daemons are spoken of as spiritual beings (Matthew 8:16; Matthew 10:1; Matthew 12:43) at enmity with God, and as having a certain power over man (James 2:19; Revelation 16:14). They recognize our Lord as the Son of God (Matthew 8:20; Luke 4:41). They belong to the number of those angels that "kept not their first estate, "unclean spirits," "fallen angels," the angels of the devil (Matthew 25:41; Revelation 12:7). They are the "principalities and powers" against which we must "wrestle" (Ephesians 6:12).