Daemon
The Greek form, rendered "devil" in the Authorized Version of the New
Testament. Daemons are spoken of as spiritual beings Mt 8:16 10:1
Mt 12:43-45 at enmity with God, and as having a certain power over
man Jas 2:19 Re 16:14 They recognize our Lord as the Son of God
Mt 8:29 Lu 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 Mt 25:41 Re 12:7-9 They are the
"principalities and powers" against which we must "wrestle"
Eph 6:12
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