demon
part of speech
noun (a demon, demons)
meaning for a pupil
1) (church, Bible) A demon is an evil spirit; Christians believe demons are fallen angels who oppose God. tree →
2) In myths, legends and games, a demon is a wicked monster or spirit. tree →
3) (informal) A demon is a person who does something with great energy or skill: a demon at chess. tree →
4) Demons can also mean a person's inner troubles or bad memories. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In this verse it means a false spirit that people worshiped as a god, not a fallen angel. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as a warning against sacrificing to powers that are not God. Some commentators connect the word with spirits of destruction. In the primary lessons: In Bible stories, Jesus drives demons out of people; in religious education, beliefs about demons are said as «Christians believe» or «some people believe». In fantasy stories and video games, demons are monsters. In everyday talk, «a speed demon» drives very fast, and «fighting your demons» means battling worries or bad habits.
examples
- They sacrificed unto demons, no-gods, gods that they knew not, new gods that came up of late, which your fathers dreaded not. (Torah DEU.32.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, (Writings PSA.106.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- In the Bible, Jesus cast out demons. tree →
- Christians believe demons are fallen angels. tree →
- The hero fought a fire demon in the video game. tree →
- My little sister is a demon at chess! tree →
- Grandad called the fast driver a speed demon. tree →
- He spoke about the demons he faced after the war. tree →
- I am no demon or fairy. tree →
note
Countable: demons. Adjective: demonic. Similar: devil, fiend. The Greek «daimon» once meant a spirit that could be good or bad.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «demon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.