Every time demons are mentioned in the Bible, do they have the same meaning?

[tonychanyt]

Ac 17:

18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

Lk 8:

30 Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him.

Strong's Greek: 1140. δαιμόνιον (daimonion) — 63 Occurrences

NASB Translation:
deities (1), demon (19), demons (43).

BDAG: ① semi-divine being, a divinity, spirit, (higher) power, without neg. connotation.
② a hostile transcendent being w. status between humans and deities, spirit, power, hostile divinity, evil spirit’

NASB translated G1140 once to sense ① and 62 times to sense ②.

There was another Greek word that meant 'demon'. Mt 8:

31 And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.”

Strong's Greek: 1142. δαίμων (daimón) — 1 Occurrence

Every time demons are mentioned in the Bible, do they have the same meaning?

When you read NASB, every time you read the English word 'demon', it means a hostile spiritual being.

 

[d taylor]

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Well many redefine demons as fallen angels, which they are not. Demons are the disembodied spirit of the nephilim who died in the flood.

 

[JEBofChristTheLord]

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Well many redefine demons as fallen angels, which they are not. Demons are the disembodied spirit of the nephilim who died in the flood.

The definition is broader than that:

They sacrificed to demons, which are not God— gods they had not known, gods that recently appeared, gods your fathers did not fear.​

Deuteronomy 32:17​

 

[d taylor]

The definition is broader than that:

They sacrificed to demons, which are not God— gods they had not known, gods that recently appeared, gods your fathers did not fear.​

Deuteronomy 32:17​

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How so, just because demons are referred to as gods. Would not change that demons are the disembodied spirit of the nephilim.

 

[JEBofChristTheLord]

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How so, just because demons are referred to as gods. Would not change that demons are the disembodied spirit of the nephilim.

It is written that they "recently" appeared.

 

[David Lamb]

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Well many redefine demons as fallen angels, which they are not. Demons are the disembodied spirit of the nephilim who died in the flood.

What biblical evidence do you have for that?

 

[d taylor]

What biblical evidence do you have for that?

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One is demons have an aversion to water, as they seek out dry places.

The below section is from The Sons of God and Great Wickedness (Genesis 6:1-8; 2 Peter 2:4) – Grace Evangelical Society
nowhere in Scripture are fallen angels called demons and nowhere are they equated with demons.
Angels do not need bodies to possess. Thus neither do fallen angels.
Yet in the Gospels Jesus says that when a demon is cast out of a person, he goes to waterless places (though the NKJV reads “dry places,” the Greek is anudroa, which means without water or waterless [so BDAG, p. 91C]) and finds seven more demons, and then goes back to possess the person again (Matt 12:42-43). Note the demons seem to have a strong need to possess a body, and that they go to waterless places, suggesting they fear water, which we would expect from beings that were drowned in Noah’s flood.


This would also help explain the drowning of the pigs in the account of the Gadarene demoniac. Remember that the demons asked Jesus to cast them into the nearby herd of swine. When He did so, the pigs rushed off the cliff and drowned in the sea (Mark 5:13). These beings which first died by drowning are cast into swine and then immediately they drown, certainly something they did not want. This provides a great sense of irony in the incident.

Also What Difference Does It Make If Demons Aren’t Fallen Angels? – Grace Evangelical Society

 

[d taylor]

It is written that they "recently" appeared.

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Ok, so i can be one the earth living for almost 60 years, but if i just for the first time come over to your home. I will be thought of as to have just recently appeared at your home.

 

[David Lamb]

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One is demons have an aversion to water, as they seek out dry places.

The below section is from The Sons of God and Great Wickedness (Genesis 6:1-8; 2 Peter 2:4) – Grace Evangelical Society
nowhere in Scripture are fallen angels called demons and nowhere are they equated with demons.
Angels do not need bodies to possess. Thus neither do fallen angels.
Yet in the Gospels Jesus says that when a demon is cast out of a person, he goes to waterless places (though the NKJV reads “dry places,” the Greek is anudroa, which means without water or waterless [so BDAG, p. 91C]) and finds seven more demons, and then goes back to possess the person again (Matt 12:42-43). Note the demons seem to have a strong need to possess a body, and that they go to waterless places, suggesting they fear water, which we would expect from beings that were drowned in Noah’s flood.


This would also help explain the drowning of the pigs in the account of the Gadarene demoniac. Remember that the demons asked Jesus to cast them into the nearby herd of swine. When He did so, the pigs rushed off the cliff and drowned in the sea (Mark 5:13). These beings which first died by drowning are cast into swine and then immediately they drown, certainly something they did not want. This provides a great sense of irony in the incident.

Also What Difference Does It Make If Demons Aren’t Fallen Angels? – Grace Evangelical Society

Whether or not demons are scared of water, that doesn't show that demons are re the disembodied spirit of the nephilim who died in the flood.

 

[d taylor]

Whether or not demons are scared of water, that doesn't show that demons are re the disembodied spirit of the nephilim who died in the flood.

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It does for me.

 

[Daniel9v9]

Yes, in the Bible, the expressions "demon", "unclean spirit", and "unclean demon" are used interchangeably. They all refer to evil spiritual beings. This is to say that they are personal, not a mere force or symbolical, and that they are immaterial, not tangible like humans and animals. (Though they may appear in bodily form — at least good spirits can)

It may be helpful to think of it this way: Spirit is the nature of the being, in that it refers to what it is. And angel or demon designate the office of the being, if he is a good messenger from God, or a spirit that works against God and His people. So in the same way, I'm a human being, that's my nature. But I'm a Christian, and that's my chief office or role in life. So a spirit may be called unclean or demon if they are evil.

What is meant by "unclean" is a little complex, but very simply it means two things: (1) God's holiness destroys or sanctifies what is unclean, and (2) unclean things defile things and people. So when demons and spirits are called unclean, it means that they are spiritual beings that defile and are in opposition to God.