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To: FormerLurker
So basically, the "demons" that you refer to are in actuality evil spirits.

Didn't you read and understand your own post?

Demon - 1) An evil supernatural being; a devil

Demons are "evil spirits".

72 posted on 10/30/2002 7:00:27 PM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: AmericaUnited
Didn't you read and understand your own post?
Demon - 1) An evil supernatural being; a devil

I simply included the ENGLISH definitions, but was explicitly referring to the LATIN and the GREEK origins...

[Middle English, from Late Latin daemon, from Latin, spirit, from Greek daimon, divine power.]

In other words, the word demon in English means something entirely different in Greek and Latin. That was the point I was trying to make. I was ALSO making the point that the Scriptures were translated to Latin and English from Greek. They didn't speak modern English in those days you know.

With that considered, if the Latin daemon means 'spirit', and the Greek daimon means 'divine power', what exactly was meant when the word daimon was utilized in Scripture?

Now do you see how this can get confusing? In fact, you've never answered my original question as to exactly WHERE in Scripture the word is used. Can you find a reference?

I DO understand the current useage of the word. I'm simply trying to say that it didn't always mean the same thing as it does today. That is why I'd like to see how exactly the word was used if it was used at all....

82 posted on 10/30/2002 9:23:44 PM PST by FormerLurker
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