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[[Image:GustaveDoreParadiseLostSatanProfile.jpg|right|thumb|Gustave Doré's depiction of [[Satan]] from [[John Milton]]'s Paradise Lost.]]
'''Devil''' (from the Greek word διάβολος; ''diábolos'') means:
'''Devil''' (from the Greek word διάβολος; ''diábolos'') means:
*(physically) ''"one who throws things around"'' in the sense of creating the [[chaos]], or
*(physically) ''"one who throws things around"'' in the sense of creating the [[chaos]], or
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
[[File:Gustave Dore - Paradise Lost.png|300px|right|thumb|''The fall of [[Lucifer]]'' by Gustave Doré.]]
"Devil" literally means "to throw across." The connotation "to slander" is one inferred meaning in a linguistic sense, but the more obvious physical meaning is to create chaos. Linguists often prefer purely linguistic connotations rather than physical or scientific ones even where, as in the case of "devil", there is no real basis for preferring a linguistic rather than a physical meaning.
"Devil" literally means "to throw across." The connotation "to slander" is one inferred meaning in a linguistic sense, but the more obvious physical meaning is to create chaos. Linguists often prefer purely linguistic connotations rather than physical or scientific ones even where, as in the case of "devil", there is no real basis for preferring a linguistic rather than a physical meaning.
*[[Lucifer]]
*[[Lucifer]]
*[[Satan]]
*[[Satan]]
== See also ==
*[[Spiritual warfare]]
==References==
==References==
* [[Satan]]
* [[Satan]]
* [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)]]
* [[Revelation, Book of (historical exegesis)]]
* [[Wilhelm Busch's maxims]]
[[Category:Abrahamic Religions]]
[[Category:Abrahamic Religions]]