δαίμονες

daimones

from (to distribute fortunes); a dæmon or supernatural spirit (of a bad nature):--devil.

G1142

Matthew 8:31 · Word #3

Lexicon G1142

Lemmaδαίμων
Transliterationdaímōn
Strong'sG1142

Morphology N NOM M PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Lexical Info

Lemmaδαίμων
Strong'sG1142

SIBI-P1 G1142-01

fortune-dealing spirits

Morphological NotesGr,N,,,,,NMP — noun, nominative, masculine, plural; functioning as a subject or predicate nominative in the sentence.
Rendering RationaleThe rendering "fortune-dealing spirits" reflects the root sense of δαίμων as a supernatural being associated with the distribution of fate or fortune. The plural form "spirits" preserves the nominative masculine plural (NMP) morphology, indicating multiple beings functioning as the subject of a clause.

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Word Usage

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 8:31 δαίμονες daimones