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)

the Divine power, Deity; an inferior divinity, deity; demon; evil spirits, demons