The Devil

Dictionary of Biblical Words:

The prince, or chief, of the fallen angels, the great opponent of Christ and God. For his history read {vi 21170-21177}Ezek. 28:12-19. He fell through pride, wishing to be as God, and caused the fall of man by the same means. He was morally overcome by Jesus in the wilderness, but his power was completely broken for all that are Christ’s when the Lord died and rose again (Heb. 2). Knowing this, we have nothing to fear, but must be watchful against his wiles. He is now the god of this world, the prince of the power of the air; he has access to the heavenlies where he accuses the saints to God day and night. Our great Advocate, however, answers all his charges. He will be cast down (Rev. 12.), bound for the 1,000 years of Christ’s reign, and afterward cast forever into the lake of fire.

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(slanderer). The Hebrew Satan, “adversary” (Matt. 16:23; Mark 8:33; Luke 22:3; Rev. 20:2). The devil of bodily possession was rather the polluting power of disease—dumbness (Matt. 9:32); blindness (Matt. 12:22); epilepsy ({vi 24556-24566}Mark 9:17-27); insanity (Matt. 8:28); murderous antipathy (John 7:20).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See SATAN and DEMON.