1 Peter 5:8

Νήψατε γρηγορήσατε ὅτι ὁ ἀντίδικος ὑμῶν διάβολος ὡς λέων ὠρυόμενος περιπατεῖ ζητῶν τινα καταπίῃ·
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Νήψατε
G3525
nēphō
to abstain from wine (keep sober), i.e., (figuratively) be discreet
  • to be sober, to be calm and collected in spirit
    • "to be temperate, dispassionate, circumspect
γρηγορήσατε
G1127 V-AAM-2P
grēgoreuō
to keep awake, i.e., watch (literally or figuratively)
  • to watch
    • "metaphorically give strict attention to, be cautious, active
    • to take heed lest through remission and indolence some destructive calamity suddenly overtake one
ὅτι
G3754
hoti
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
  • that, because, since
ὁ
G3588 T-NSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἀντίδικος
G476 N-NSM
antidikos
an opponent (in a lawsuit); specially, Satan (as the arch-enemy)
  • opponent
    • an opponent in a suit of law
      • "an adversary, enemy
ὑμῶν
G5216
hymōn
of (from or concerning) you
  • of yours
διάβολος
G1228 A-NSM
diabolos
a traducer; specially, Satan (compare H7854)
  • prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely
    • a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer,
    metaphorically applied to a man who, by opposing the cause of God, may be said to act the part of the devil or to side with him Satan the prince of the demons, the author of evil, persecuting good men, estranging mankind from God and enticing them to sin, afflicting them with diseases by means of demons who take possession of their bodies at his bidding
ὡς
G5613 CONJ
hōs
which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
  • as, like, even as, etc.
λέων
G3023 N-NSM
leōn
a ___%___lion___%___
  • a lion
    • "a brave and mighty hero
ὠρυόμενος
G5612 V-PNP-NSM
ōryomai
to ___%___roar___%___
  • to roar, to howl (of a lion, wolf, dog, and other beasts)
    • of men, to raise a loud and inarticulate cry: either of grief, or of joy
    to sing with a loud voice
περιπατεῖ
G4043 V-PAI-3S
peripateō
to tread all around, i.e., walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary)
  • to walk
    • to make one's way, progress; to make due use of opportunities
      • "Hebrew for, to live
      • to regulate one's life
        • "to conduct one's self"to pass one's life
ζητῶν
G2212 V-PAP-NSM
zēteō
to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life)
  • to seek in order to find
    • to seek a thing
      • "to seek [in order to find out
    by thinking, meditating, reasoning, to enquire into"to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after
to seek i.e., require, demand
  • to crave, demand something from someone
τινα
G5101
tis
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
  • who, which, what
καταπίῃ·
G2666
katapinō
to drink down, i.e., gulp entire (literally or figuratively)
  • to drink down, swallow down
    • "to devour"to swallow up, destroy

Νήψατε γρηγορήσατε ὅτι ὁ ἀντίδικος ὑμῶν διάβολος ὡς λέων ὠρυόμενος περιπατεῖ ζητῶν τινα καταπίῃ·
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Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Cross References

Ephesians 6:11

ἐνδύσασθε τὴν πανοπλίαν τοῦ θεοῦ πρὸς τὸ δύνασθαι ὑμᾶς στῆναι πρὸς τὰς μεθοδείας τοῦ διαβόλου·
11
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

James 4:7

ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ θεῷ ἀντίστητε τῷ διαβόλῳ καὶ φεύξεται ἀφ' ὑμῶν
7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Ephesians 4:27

μήτε δίδοτε τόπον τῷ διαβόλῳ
27
Neither give place to the devil.

Job 2:2

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-הַשָּׂטָן אֵי מִזֶּה תָּבֹא וַיַּעַן הַשָּׂטָן אֶת-יְהוָה וַיֹּאמַר מִשֻּׁט בָּאָרֶץ וּמֵֽהִתְהַלֵּךְ בָּֽהּ׃
2
And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

1 Peter 1:13

Διὸ ἀναζωσάμενοι τὰς ὀσφύας τῆς διανοίας ὑμῶν νήφοντες τελείως ἐλπίσατε ἐπὶ τὴν φερομένην ὑμῖν χάριν ἐν ἀποκαλύψει Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
13
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

1 Peter 4:7

Πάντων δὲ τὸ τέλος ἤγγικεν σωφρονήσατε οὖν καὶ νήψατε εἰς τὰς προσευχάς·
7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

1 John 3:8

ὁ ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου ἐστίν· ὅτι ἀπ' ἀρχῆς ὁ διάβολος ἁμαρτάνει εἰς τοῦτο ἐφανερώθη ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἵνα λύσῃ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ διαβόλου
8
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

1 Thessalonians 5:6

ἄρα οὖν μὴ καθεύδωμεν ὡς καὶ οἱ λοιποί ἀλλὰ γρηγορῶμεν καὶ νήφωμεν
6
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

Luke 21:36

ἀγρυπνεῖτε οὖν ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ δεόμενοι ἵνα καταξιωθῆτε ἐκφυγεῖν ταῦτα πάντα τὰ μέλλοντα γίνεσθαι καὶ σταθῆναι ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Luke 22:31

εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Κύριος Σίμων Σίμων ἰδού ὁ Σατανᾶς ἐξῃτήσατο ὑμᾶς τοῦ σινιάσαι ὡς τὸν σῖτον·
31
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

Romans 13:11

Καὶ τοῦτο εἰδότες τὸν καιρόν ὅτι ὥρα ἡμᾶς ἤδη ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθῆναι νῦν γὰρ ἐγγύτερον ἡμῶν ἡ σωτηρία ἢ ὅτε ἐπιστεύσαμεν
11
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Titus 2:12

παιδεύουσα ἡμᾶς ἵνα ἀρνησάμενοι τὴν ἀσέβειαν καὶ τὰς κοσμικὰς ἐπιθυμίας σωφρόνως καὶ δικαίως καὶ εὐσεβῶς ζήσωμεν ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι
12
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Matthew 13:39

ὁ δὲ ἐχθρὸς ὁ σπείρας αὐτά ἐστιν ὁ διάβολος ὁ δὲ θερισμὸς συντέλεια τοῦ αἰῶνός ἐστιν οἱ δὲ θερισταὶ ἄγγελοί εἰσιν
39
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

John 8:44

ὑμεῖς ἐκ πατρὸς τοῦ διαβόλου ἐστὲ καὶ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν θέλετε ποιεῖν ἐκεῖνος ἀνθρωποκτόνος ἦν ἀπ' ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ οὐχ ἔστηκεν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀλήθεια ἐν αὐτῷ ὅταν λαλῇ τὸ ψεῦδος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων λαλεῖ ὅτι ψεύστης ἐστὶν καὶ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ
44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Revelation 12:12

διὰ τοῦτο εὐφραίνεσθε οἱ οὐρανοὶ καὶ οἱ ἐν αὐτοῖς σκηνοῦντες οὐαὶ τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν ὅτι κατέβη ὁ διάβολος πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔχων θυμὸν μέγαν εἰδὼς ὅτι ὀλίγον καιρὸν ἔχει
12
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

Revelation 12:9

καὶ ἐβλήθη ὁ δράκων ὁ μέγας ὁ ὄφις ὁ ἀρχαῖος ὁ καλούμενος Διάβολος καὶ ὁ Σατανᾶς ὁ πλανῶν τὴν οἰκουμένην ὅλην ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴν γῆν καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτοῦ ἐβλήθησαν
9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Revelation 20:10

καὶ ὁ διάβολος ὁ πλανῶν αὐτοὺς ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ θείου ὅπου τὸ θηρίον καὶ ὁ ψευδοπροφήτης καὶ βασανισθήσονται ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων
10
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Luke 21:34

Προσέχετε δὲ ἑαυτοῖς μήποτε βαρυνθῶσιν ὑμῶν αἱ καρδίαι ἐν κραιπάλῃ καὶ μέθῃ καὶ μερίμναις βιωτικαῖς καὶ αἰφνίδιος ἐφ' ὑμᾶς ἐπιστῇ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη
34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Zechariah 3:1

וַיַּרְאֵנִי אֶת-יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל עֹמֵד לִפְנֵי מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה וְהַשָּׂטָן עֹמֵד עַל-יְמִינוֹ לְשִׂטְנֽוֹ׃
1
And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

Job 1:6

וַיְהִי הַיּוֹם וַיָּבֹאוּ בְּנֵי הָֽאֱלֹהִים לְהִתְיַצֵּב עַל-יְהוָה וַיָּבוֹא גַֽם-הַשָּׂטָן בְּתוֹכָֽם׃
6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
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