devilish/the Devil
diabolos most often identifies the adversary who tempts, deceives, and opposes; it can also describe people as devilish or slanderous.
The term most often identifies a singular adversary who tempts, deceives, opposes, and is resisted or judged; a smaller group of uses applies it descriptively to people characterized in the APB as devilish or slanderous.
Senses in use
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The singular adversary · dominant
The singular forms identify an active opponent: in Luke 4:3 the nominative singular form is the subject who speaks during the temptation, while in Luke 8:12 it comes and takes the word from hearers' hearts. In Revelation 12:9, the APB renders the clause as the dragon being called the devil and Satan and deceiving the whole world; Revelation 20:10 depicts the one who deceives being thrown into the lake of fire.
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Descriptive character of people · rare
Plural forms describe human conduct or character in lists: in 1 Timothy 3:11 and Titus 2:3, the APB renders the relevant descriptions “not slanderous,” while 2 Timothy 3:3 includes “devilish” among harmful traits. John 6:70 applies the singular nominative form to one of the twelve, rendered “devilish” by the APB.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the singular-adversary passages, the APB commonly uses “the devil,” but also uses “the devilish one” in some temptation passages. In the human-descriptive passages it varies between “devilish” and “slanderous”; These renderings show the verse presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.