Devil, slanderer. A name given to the greatest of evil spirits. He is so called 34 times in the Scriptures. He is called Satan 39 times; Beelzebub, the prince of the demons, 7 times. Matthew 12:24. He is called the angel of the bottomless pit, Abaddon, in Hebrew; Apollyon, in Greek; that is, destroyer, Revelation 9:11; adversary, 1 Peter 5:8; accuser, Revelation 12:10; Belial, Judges 19:23, 2 Corinthians 6:15; deceiver, Revelation 12:9, R. V.; dragon, Revelation 12:7, Revelation 20:2; the god of this world, 2 Corinthians 4:4; the evil one, from whom, in the Lord's prayer, we are to pray to be delivered, Matthew 6:13, Matthew 13:19, Matthew 13:38, Luke 11:4, A. V.; Ephesians 6:16, 1 John 1:2-14, 1 John 3:10, 1 John 3:12; liar, John 8:44; Lucifer, Isaiah 14:12, A. V., but R. V. reads day star; murderer, John 8:44; prince of the power of the air, Ephesians 2:2; prince of this world, John 12:31; serpent. Genesis 1:3-4, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 20:2; a sinner from the beginning, 1 John 3:8. From the beginning of the world the devil has had a hand, and sometimes a controlling one, in the most important events in the history of man. He tempted Eve, Genesis 3:1; he tried Job, Job 1:7; provoked David to number Israel, 1 Chronicles 21:1; he tempted our Lord in the wilderness. Matthew 4:1; he "entered into Judas," Luke 22:3; he is the deceiver which deceiveth the whole world, Revelation 12:9, etc. "He that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil." 1 John 3:8. The time is coming, and may be near at hand, when "the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil and Satan," shall be bound for a thousand years, "that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that he must be loosed a little season." Revelation 20:2. "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison and shall go out to deceive the nations." Revelation 20:7. The fall and punishment of the devil is recorded. Matthew 25:41, Luke 10:18, John 8:44, 2 Peter 2:4, 1 John 3:8, Jude 1:6, Revelation 20:10. The word devil is sometimes applied to a very wicked man or woman. John 6:70, Acts 13:10; and in the Greek of 2 Timothy 3:3, Titus 2:3, where the A. V. reads "false accusers."