Definition

to be exercised by a dæmon

Etymology

middle voice from G1142 (δαίμων);

Word family

• δαίμων daímōn

How the KJV renders it

• have a (be vexed with
• be possessed with) devil(-s)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.