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Angels & Demons

The vocabulary.

Selected Hebrew and Greek terms for the unseen, counted in the hosted tagged texts. 895 occurrences of 31 terms across 340 chapters — and every one of them links to its verse.

How often the text says each word895 occurrences · 31 terms · 340 chapters
  1. ἄγγελος ángelos233
  2. מַלְאָךְ mal’akh213
  3. כְּרוּב kerûb91
  4. δαιμόνιον daimónion72
  5. διάβολος diábolos41
  6. Σατανᾶς Satanâs37
  7. נָחָשׁ nāḥāš31
  8. שָׂטָן śāṭān27
  9. πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον pneûma akátharton23
  10. δράκων drákōn21
  11. ὄφις óphis18
  12. ἄβυσσος ábyssos18
  13. δαιμονίζομαι daimonízomai13
  14. πνεῦμα πονηρόν pneûma ponērón9
  15. Βεελζεβούλ Beelzeboúl7
  16. רוּחַ רָעָה rûaḥ rāʿâ7
  17. אֲבַדּוֹן ʾăḇaddôn5
  18. שָׂעִיר śāʿîr4
  19. עֲזָאזֵל ʿazāʾzēl4
  20. λεγιών legiṑn4
  21. Χερουβίν cheroubín3
  22. ἀρχάγγελος archángelos2
  23. שָׂרָף sārāph2
  24. שֵׁד šēd2
  25. Ἀσμοδαῖος Asmodaîos2
  26. Βελιάρ Beliár1
  27. δαίμων daímōn1
  28. לִילִית lîlîṯ1
  29. Ἀβαδδών Abaddṑn1
  30. Ἀπολλύων Apollýōn1
  31. ταρταρόω tartaróō1

How to read this room

A word is not a doctrine.

The same Hebrew word names a human courier and a heavenly one; the same Greek word names a slanderer and the devil. Counting words shows where the vocabulary lives. It does not settle what any passage means — open the verse and read it.

Messengers and holy ones

The words for the beings who stand before the throne and carry its word.

מַלְאָךְ mal’akh

messenger; angel

213 occurrences · 103 chapters · 25 books · Hebrew Bible

The ordinary word for a messenger, human or heavenly. The passage, not the word, tells you which is meant.

The Greek: ἄγγελος →
Every occurrence — 103 chapters

ἄγγελος ángelos

messenger; angel

233 occurrences · 109 chapters · 33 books · Greek New Testament + Greek Old Testament

Greek for messenger, used of heavenly and human messengers alike.

The Hebrew: מַלְאָךְ →
Every occurrence — 109 chapters

ἀρχάγγελος archángelos

chief messenger;

2 occurrences · 2 chapters · 2 books · Greek New Testament

Twice in the New Testament, and never in the plural.

Every occurrence — 2 chapters
  • 1 Thessalonians 416
  • Jude 19

כְּרוּב kerûb

cherub

91 occurrences · 26 chapters · 12 books · Hebrew Bible

The guardians at Eden's gate, the figures over the ark, and the living beings that carry the throne in Ezekiel.

The Greek: Χερουβίν →
Every occurrence — 26 chapters

Χερουβίν cheroubín

3 occurrences · 3 chapters · 3 books · Greek New Testament + Greek Old Testament

The Hebrew word carried into Greek letters.

The Hebrew: כְּרוּב →
Every occurrence — 3 chapters
  • Hebrews 95
  • Sirach 498
  • Daniel (Greek) 355

שָׂרָף sārāph

seraph

2 occurrences · 1 chapter · 1 book · Hebrew Bible

Twice, both in Isaiah's throne vision. The tagged Hebrew keeps it apart from the same letters used for the fiery serpents of the wilderness.

Every occurrence — 1 chapter
  • Isaiah 626

The adversary

Titles first, names later: the vocabulary of the accuser is mostly common nouns.

שָׂטָן śāṭān

adversary; accuser

27 occurrences · 10 chapters · 8 books · Hebrew Bible

A common noun: an adversary. Used of men, of the angel who blocks Balaam's road, and — with the definite article — of the accuser in Job and Zechariah.

The Greek: Σατανᾶς →
Every occurrence — 10 chapters

Σατανᾶς Satanâs

Satan

37 occurrences · 29 chapters · 13 books · Greek New Testament + Greek Old Testament

The Hebrew title carried into Greek as a name.

The Hebrew: שָׂטָן →
Every occurrence — 29 chapters
  • Matthew 410
  • Matthew 1226
  • Matthew 1623
  • Mark 113
  • Mark 32326
  • Mark 415
  • Mark 833
  • Luke 1018
  • Luke 1118
  • Luke 1316
  • Luke 22331
  • John 1327
  • Acts 53
  • Acts 2618
  • Romans 1620
  • 1 Corinthians 55
  • 1 Corinthians 75
  • 2 Corinthians 211
  • 2 Corinthians 1114
  • 2 Corinthians 127
  • 1 Thessalonians 218
  • 2 Thessalonians 29
  • 1 Timothy 120
  • 1 Timothy 515
  • Revelation 291324
  • Revelation 39
  • Revelation 129
  • Revelation 2027
  • Sirach 2127

διάβολος diábolos

slanderer; the devil

41 occurrences · 28 chapters · 17 books · Greek New Testament + Greek Old Testament

Literally a slanderer. In the letters it also describes people, not only the devil.

Every occurrence — 28 chapters
  • Matthew 415811
  • Matthew 1339
  • Matthew 2541
  • Luke 423613
  • Luke 812
  • John 670
  • John 833
  • John 132
  • Acts 1038
  • Acts 1310
  • Ephesians 427
  • Ephesians 611
  • 1 Timothy 36711
  • 2 Timothy 226
  • 2 Timothy 33
  • Titus 23
  • Hebrews 214
  • James 47
  • 1 Peter 58
  • 1 John 3810
  • Jude 19
  • Revelation 210
  • Revelation 12912
  • Revelation 20210
  • Esther (Greek) 74
  • Esther (Greek) 81
  • Wisdom 224
  • 1 Maccabees 136

Βεελζεβούλ Beelzeboúl

Beelzebul

7 occurrences · 4 chapters · 3 books · Greek New Testament

The name the Gospels record being thrown at Jesus. Only in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

Every occurrence — 4 chapters

Βελιάρ Beliár

(Belial)

1 occurrence · 1 chapter · 1 book · Greek New Testament

Once in the New Testament, in Paul's question to Corinth.

Every occurrence — 1 chapter
  • 2 Corinthians 615

δράκων drákōn

dragon; serpent

21 occurrences · 9 chapters · 5 books · Greek New Testament + Greek Old Testament

Revelation's word. Its twelfth chapter names the dragon as the old serpent, the devil, and Satan.

Every occurrence — 9 chapters

נָחָשׁ nāḥāš

serpent

31 occurrences · 21 chapters · 13 books · Hebrew Bible

The ordinary word for a snake, including the one in Eden.

The Greek: ὄφις →
Every occurrence — 21 chapters
  • Genesis 31241314
  • Genesis 4917
  • Exodus 43
  • Exodus 715
  • Numbers 21679
  • Deuteronomy 815
  • 2 Kings 184
  • Job 2613
  • Psalms 584
  • Psalms 1403
  • Proverbs 2332
  • Proverbs 3019
  • Ecclesiastes 10811
  • Isaiah 1429
  • Isaiah 271
  • Isaiah 6525
  • Jeremiah 817
  • Jeremiah 4622
  • Amos 519
  • Amos 93
  • Micah 717

ὄφις óphis

serpent

18 occurrences · 16 chapters · 10 books · Greek New Testament + Greek Old Testament

The ordinary word for a snake. Revelation applies it to the devil as the old serpent.

The Hebrew: נָחָשׁ →
Every occurrence — 16 chapters
  • Matthew 710
  • Matthew 1016
  • Matthew 2332
  • Mark 1618
  • Luke 1019
  • Luke 1111
  • John 314
  • 1 Corinthians 109
  • 2 Corinthians 113
  • Revelation 919
  • Revelation 1291415
  • Revelation 202
  • Wisdom 165
  • Sirach 212
  • Sirach 2514
  • 4 Maccabees 188

Demons and unclean spirits

What the Gospels cast out, and what the Law says Israel sacrificed to.

שֵׁד šēd

demon

2 occurrences · 2 chapters · 2 books · Hebrew Bible

Twice in the Hebrew Bible, both times of the gods to whom Israel sacrificed.

The Greek: δαιμόνιον →
Every occurrence — 2 chapters
  • Deuteronomy 3217
  • Psalms 10637

δαιμόνιον daimónion

demon

72 occurrences · 33 chapters · 11 books · Greek New Testament + Greek Old Testament

The New Testament's usual word. Paul uses it of the gods behind pagan sacrifice, as Deuteronomy does.

The Hebrew: שֵׁד →
Every occurrence — 33 chapters

δαίμων daímōn

demon

1 occurrence · 1 chapter · 1 book · Greek New Testament

Once, in Matthew's telling of the swine.

Every occurrence — 1 chapter
  • Matthew 831

δαιμονίζομαι daimonízomai

to be demon-possessed

13 occurrences · 9 chapters · 4 books · Greek New Testament

The verb behind “demon-possessed”. Gospels only.

Every occurrence — 9 chapters

πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον pneûma akátharton

unclean spirit

23 occurrences · 17 chapters · 5 books · Greek New Testament

The Gospels' phrase — Mark's especially — for what Jesus casts out.

Every occurrence — 17 chapters

רוּחַ רָעָה rûaḥ rāʿâ

evil spirit

7 occurrences · 4 chapters · 2 books · Hebrew Bible

The spirit that troubled Saul, and the one sent between Abimelech and Shechem.

The Greek: πνεῦμα πονηρόν →
Every occurrence — 4 chapters

πνεῦμα πονηρόν pneûma ponērón

evil spirit

9 occurrences · 6 chapters · 4 books · Greek New Testament + Greek Old Testament

Mostly Luke's phrase, in his Gospel and in Acts.

The Hebrew: רוּחַ רָעָה →
Every occurrence — 6 chapters

שָׂעִיר śāʿîr

goat-demon

4 occurrences · 4 chapters · 3 books · Hebrew Bible

The tagged Hebrew separates this sense from the ordinary he-goat. Four times, in the Law, Chronicles, and Isaiah.

Every occurrence — 4 chapters
  • Leviticus 177
  • 2 Chronicles 1115
  • Isaiah 1321
  • Isaiah 3414

לִילִית lîlîṯ

night creature

1 occurrence · 1 chapter · 1 book · Hebrew Bible

Once, in Isaiah's picture of Edom laid waste. The WEB renders “night creature”; the demon Lilith of later Jewish tradition is not in the text.

Every occurrence — 1 chapter
  • Isaiah 3414

עֲזָאזֵל ʿazāʾzēl

; the scapegoat

4 occurrences · 1 chapter · 1 book · Hebrew Bible

Only in the Day of law. Whether it names a place, the sent-away goat, or a desert spirit is disputed; 1 makes it a fallen angel.

Every occurrence — 1 chapter

Ἀσμοδαῖος Asmodaîos

Asmodaeus

2 occurrences · 1 chapter · 1 book · Greek Old Testament

Twice, both in Tobit.

Every occurrence — 1 chapter

λεγιών legiṑn

4 occurrences · 3 chapters · 3 books · Greek New Testament

A Roman unit of thousands. Used of the demons at Gerasa and, in Jesus' own mouth, of angels.

Every occurrence — 3 chapters

The deep

Where the record puts the end of the story.

אֲבַדּוֹן ʾăḇaddôn

destruction; the place of ruin

5 occurrences · 5 chapters · 3 books · Hebrew Bible

In Job, Psalms, and Proverbs a place, set beside and death. Revelation makes it a name.

The Greek: Ἀβαδδών →
Every occurrence — 5 chapters
  • Job 266
  • Job 2822
  • Job 3112
  • Psalms 8811
  • Proverbs 1511

Ἀβαδδών Abaddṑn

1 occurrence · 1 chapter · 1 book · Greek New Testament

Once, as the Hebrew name of the angel of the abyss.

The Hebrew: אֲבַדּוֹן →
Every occurrence — 1 chapter
  • Revelation 911

Ἀπολλύων Apollýōn

Destroyer

1 occurrence · 1 chapter · 1 book · Greek New Testament

Once, as the Greek of the same name.

Every occurrence — 1 chapter
  • Revelation 911

ἄβυσσος ábyssos

abyss; the deep

18 occurrences · 14 chapters · 7 books · Greek New Testament + Greek Old Testament

In the Greek Old Testament, deep waters. In Revelation, the pit that is opened and shut.

Every occurrence — 14 chapters
  • Luke 831
  • Romans 107
  • Revelation 91211
  • Revelation 117
  • Revelation 178
  • Revelation 2013
  • Wisdom 1019
  • Sirach 13
  • Sirach 1616
  • Sirach 24527
  • Sirach 4218
  • Sirach 4323
  • Prayer of Manasseh 13
  • Daniel (Greek) 355

ταρταρόω tartaróō

to cast into

1 occurrence · 1 chapter · 1 book · Greek New Testament

Once, in 2 Peter, of the angels who sinned — the only time the New Testament borrows the Greek name for the underworld.

Every occurrence — 1 chapter
  • 2 Peter 24

Counted at build from the hosted Greek Old Testament, Hebrew Bible, Greek New Testament (text snapshot 2026-08-27). Each term is a lemma exactly as the hosted morphology tags it; counts are token occurrences in the hosted text, read once at build. Phrases count a head lemma with its partner within two tokens. Open any verse and switch on the original-language underlay to see the tagged word itself. Sources & method