Definition

a dæmonic being; by extension a deity

Etymology

neuter of a derivative of G1142 (δαίμων);

Word family

• δαίμων daímōn

How the KJV renders it

• devil
• god

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.