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What (who) is devil - definition

SUPERNATURAL ENTITY THAT IS A PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL AND ENEMY OF A GOD OR GODS AND/OR HUMANKIND
The Devil and his names; Djabelek; Diabolus; שָׂטָן; Devilish; Prince of Evil; Prince of the air; Lord of Darkness; Prince of the power of the air; Prince of the Devils; Dark Lord (religious); Dark Lord (theism); Unjust devil; Unjust Devil; 😈; Diuil; Diuils; No devil; Existence of the Devil; List of named devils; Devil (Christianity); Devilkin
  • Statue of the devil in the [[Žmuidzinavičius Museum]] or Devil's Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania
  • [[Iblis]] (top right on the picture) refuses to prostrate before the newly created [[Adam]] from a [[Persian miniature]].
  • National Museum]] in [[Warsaw]].
  • A fresco detail from the [[Rila Monastery]], in which demons are depicted as having grotesque faces and bodies
  • Engraving of Immanuel Kant
  • [[Satan]] (the dragon; on the left) gives to the beast of the sea (on the right) power represented by a [[sceptre]] in a detail of panel III.40 of the medieval French [[Apocalypse Tapestry]], produced between 1377 and 1382.
  • A lion-faced deity found on a Gnostic gem in [[Bernard de Montfaucon]]'s ''L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures'' may be a depiction of the Demiurge.
  • Ahriman Div being slain during a scene from the [[Shahnameh]]

devil         
¦ noun
1. (usu. the Devil) (in Christian and Jewish belief) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan.
an evil spirit; a demon.
2. a very wicked or cruel person.
a mischievously clever or self-willed person.
3. (the devil) fighting spirit; wildness: he was born with the devil in him.
4. (the devil) a thing that is very difficult or awkward to do or deal with.
5. informal a person with specified characteristics: you lucky devil.
6. (the devil) expressing surprise or annoyance in various questions or exclamations.
7. an instrument or machine used for tearing or other destructive work.
8. informal, dated a junior assistant of a barrister or other professional. See also printer's devil.
¦ verb (devils, devilling, devilled; US devils, deviling, deviled)
1. informal, dated act as a junior assistant for a barrister or other professional.
2. N. Amer. harass or worry.
Phrases
be a devil! Brit. informal said when encouraging someone to do something that they are hesitating to do.
between the devil and the deep blue sea caught in a dilemma.
devil-may-care cheerful and reckless.
the devil's dozen thirteen.
the devil's in the detail the details of a matter are its most problematic aspect.
the devil to pay serious trouble to be dealt with.
like the devil with great speed or energy.
play the devil with have a damaging or disruptive effect on.
speak (or talk) of the devil said when a person appears just after being mentioned. [from the superstition that the devil will appear if his name is spoken.]
Origin
OE deofol, via late L. from Gk diabolos 'accuser, slanderer' (used in the Septuagint to translate Heb. sa?an 'Satan'), from diaballein 'to slander'.
devil         
I. n.
1.
Satan, Luciter, Belial, Apollyon, Arch-fiend, Arch-enemy, the Tempter, Deuce, the Evil One, the Man of Sin, the Wicked One, the Old Serpent, the Prince of Darkness, the Foul Fiend, the Enemy, the Adversary. See apollyon.
2.
Demon, evil spirit, goblin.
3.
Printer's devil, printer's errand-boy.
II. v. a.
1.
Make devilish or fiendish.
2.
Spice excessively, make hot or burning with spices.
devil         
n.
spirit of evil
1) go to the devil! ('damn you!')
severe reprimand
(esp. AE)
2) to catch the devil
fellow
(colloq.)
3) a lucky; poor devil
disturbed state
4) in a devil of a mess
misc.
5) where in the devil did she go?

Wikipedia

Devil

A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of the devil can be summed up as 1) a principle of evil independent from God, 2) an aspect of God, 3) a created being turning evil (a fallen angel), and 4) a symbol of human evil.: 23 

Each tradition, culture, and religion with a devil in its mythos offers a different lens on manifestations of evil. The history of these perspectives intertwines with theology, mythology, psychiatry, art, and literature developing independently within each of the traditions. It occurs historically in many contexts and cultures, and is given many different names—Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles, Iblis—and attributes: it is portrayed as blue, black, or red; it is portrayed as having horns on its head, and without horns, and so on. While depictions of the devil are usually taken seriously, there are times when it is treated less seriously; when, for example, devil figures are used in advertising and on candy wrappers.

Examples of use of devil
1. The devil –– the devil, himself, is right in the house.
2. "The devil you know is better than the devil you don‘t," he said.
3. And the devil came here yesterday. (APPLAUSE) Yesterday, the devil came here.
4. "They‘re making deals with the Devil, the Devil himself," Chavez told his audience during a signing ceremony on Monday.
5. "The title of my autobiography would be The Devil Wears Boxer Shorts, or The Devil Wears Dungarees," she joked.