Daemon

Daemon the Greek form, rendered “devil” in the Authorized Version of the New Testament. Daemons are spoken of as spiritual beings (Matthew 8=>16; 10=>1; 12=>43-45) at enmity with God, and as having a certain power over man (James 2=>19; Revelation 16=>14). They recognize our Lord as the Son of God (Matthew 8=>20; Luke 4=>41). They belong to the number of those angels that “kept not their first estate,” “unclean spirits,” “fallen angels,” the angels of the devil (Matthew 25=>41; Revelation 12=>7-9). They are the “principalities and powers” against which we must “wrestle” (Ephesians 6=>12).