δαιμόνιον

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 δαιμόνιον

   dai-MO-ni-on

   demon
2. sentence🔊 ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἦν Ἑλληνὶς Συροφοινίκισσα τῷ γένει καὶ ἠρώτα αὐτὸν ἵνα τὸ δαιμόνιον ἐκβάλῃ ἐκ τῆς θυγατρὸς αὐτῆς

   hê de gy-NE ÊN hel-lê-NIS sy-ro-phoi-NI-kis-sa tôi GE-nei kai ê-RÔ-ta au-TON HI-na to dai-MO-ni-on ek-BA-lê ek tês thy-ga-TROS au-TÊS

   the and woman was a Greek {woman} a Syrophoenician in race and was asking him that the demon might cast out out of the daughter of her

Exegesis

The purpose clause is signaled by hina {ἵνα | hína}, followed by the aorist subjunctive ekbale {ἐκβάλῃ | ekbálē}, expressing her desired result as a complete act: that He might cast out to daimonion {τὸ δαιμόνιον | tò daimónion}, the demon.

Root and etymology

daimon🔊 δαίμωνdelta–alpha–iota–mu–omicron–nu

“divine or spirit being, demon”

• 🔊 δαιμόνιονdelta–alpha–iota–mu–omicron–nu–iota–omicron–nudemonMark 1:34
• 🔊 δαιμονίζομαιdelta–alpha–iota–mu–omicron–nu–iota–zeta–omicron–mu–alpha–iotato be demonized, demon-possessedMatthew 4:24