DEVIL

Biblical PN

1.

Another title for SATAN ( occurs 99 times between 1 Nephi 12:17 and Moroni 7:17)

Etymology

The English word DEVIL is distantly related to diabolos, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word, śāṭān (see Job 1:6 in the Hebrew Bible and in the Septuagint). Diabolos means “slanderer, accuser.” Other names in the Book of Mormon for the DEVIL include SATAN and LUCIFER.

Variants

Deseret Alphabet: 𐐔𐐇𐐚𐐢 (dɛvl), 𐐔𐐀𐐚𐐢 (diːvl)

Notes

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