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Be demonised

δαιμονίζομαιStrong’s G1139

daimonizomai

Appears in 13 verses of the New Testament

In short

Daimonizomai is the Greek word usually translated “being demonised”, “having been demonised” and “those being demonised”. It appears in 13 verses of the New Testament.

“And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.”
Matthew 4:24 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “being demonised”, “having been demonised” and “those being demonised”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • being demonised 7
  • having been demonised 2
  • those being demonised 1
  • demonised 1
  • is demonised 1
  • of one demonised 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 7
  • Mark 4
  • Luke 1
  • John 1

4 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

δαιμονίζομαι daimonizomai · be demonised

δαιμονίζομαι (in cl. also δαιμονάω; δαίμων), [in Aq.: Ps 90(91):6 * ;] to be under the power of a δαίμων (δαιμόνιον, which see), to be possessed: Mat.15:22; elsewhere always ptcp., -ιζόμενος, -ισθείς: Mat.4:24; 8:16, 28, 33 9:32 12:22, Mrk.1:32 15 16 18, Luk.8:36, Jhn.10:21 (Cremer, 171).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.