UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to be demon possessed

Semantic entry: 12.41

Semantic domains: Supernatural Beings and Powers

Subdomains: Supernatural Beings

Definition: (derivative of δαιμόνιον[a] ‘demon,’ 12.37: δαιμόνιον / 12.37: δαίμων / 12.37: διάβολος / 12.37: πνεῦμα) to be possessed by a demon

Notes: In a number of languages one cannot speak of a person ‘being possessed by a demon.’ A more appropriate expression may be ‘the person possesses a demon.’ In other instances an idiomatic phrase is employed, ‘the demon rides the person’ or ‘the demon commands the person’ or even ‘the demon is the person.’

MAT 4:24: RV MAT 4:24 · LV MAT 4:24 · Read together MAT 4:24

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OET-RV MAT 4:24

24 and the news about this went all the way up to Aram (Syria). So they brought all their sick and diseased people to him, as well as those who were suffering or demon-possessed, along with those who had seizures or were paralysed, and Yeshua healed them.

OET-LV MAT 4:24

24 And the report of _him went _away into all the Suria/(ʼArām).
And they _brought to _him all the ones sickly, having with _various diseases, and being _gripped _with with _torments, being _demon _possessed, and being _epileptic, and paralytic, and he _healed them.

MAT 8:16: RV MAT 8:16 · LV MAT 8:16 · Read together MAT 8:16

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OET-RV MAT 8:16

16 In the evening, the people brought many who were possessed by evil spirits, and Yeshua drove out the spirits with a command and healed all the sick people.

OET-LV MAT 8:16

16 And having _become evening, they _brought many to _him being _demon _possessed, and he _throw _out the spirits by_a_message, and he _healed all the ones being sickly,

All 13 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 4:24 · RV MAT 8:16 · RV MAT 8:28 · RV MAT 8:33 · RV MAT 9:32 · RV MAT 12:22 · RV MAT 15:22 · LV MAT 4:24 · LV MAT 8:16 · LV MAT 8:28 · LV MAT 8:33 · LV MAT 9:32 · LV MAT 12:22 · LV MAT 15:22 · Read together MAT 4:24 · Read together MAT 8:16 · Read together MAT 8:28 · Read together MAT 8:33 · Read together MAT 9:32 · Read together MAT 12:22 · Read together MAT 15:22

MRK: RV MRK 1:32 · RV MRK 5:15–16 · RV MRK 5:18 · LV MRK 1:32 · LV MRK 5:15–16 · LV MRK 5:18 · Read together MRK 1:32 · Read together MRK 5:15–16 · Read together MRK 5:18

LUK: RV LUK 8:36 · LV LUK 8:36 · Read together LUK 8:36

JHN: RV JHN 10:21 · LV JHN 10:21 · Read together JHN 10:21

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

δαιμονίζομαι

Form 1

Sense 1: to be demon possessed