Lexicon
δαιμονίζομαι
daimonizomai
G1139
G:V Greek

be demonised

13
Occurrences
4
Books
Greek
Language

daimonizomai describes people identified in the narratives as demon-possessed, including those brought for healing or reported afterward.

The term consistently marks a person as demon-possessed: people are brought to Jesus, encountered in distress, or identified when events concerning them are reported. It occurs as participles describing individuals and, in Matthew 15:22, as the predicate of a daughter’s severe condition.

Senses in use

  1. Persons identified as demon-possessed · dominant

    Present participles identify groups or individuals brought to Jesus in Mark 1:32 and Matthew 8:16, two men emerging from the graves in Matthew 8:28, and a blind and mute man in Matthew 12:22; the APB renders these clauses with “demon-possessed.” In Matthew 15:22, the present indicative states the daughter’s severe condition, while the aorist passive participle in Mark 5:18 identifies the man who asks to accompany Jesus after the reported event.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB usually renders the relevant persons as “demon-possessed,” while Matthew 4:24 has “those possessed by demons.” These renderings confirm the verse-level presentation rather than isolate a precise English equivalent in every clause.

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Across Scripture