A Study on biblically listed 'strongmen' in the scriptures, using the book by Drs. Jerry & Carol Robeson called: Strongman’s His Name Whats His Game
(An Authoritative Biblical Approach to Spiritual Warfare)
I'm staying within the confines of this book in regard to 'strongmen' listed, however I add more info based on 'Strong's' Concordance-- in understanding the original meaning of the
scripture from it's Hebrew and Greek roots. Those listed in the book are by no means an end, but a good conservative, --and most importantly,unmistakably clear signpost for those seeking healing, greater freedom and deliverance from oppression.
My Notes (H=Hebrew, G=Greek... meanings inserted in parenthesis):
1 Spirit of Divination
Acts 16:16
"And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.."
possessed [G2192] (joined, held, cling, adhered to) with a spirit [G4151](a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men
4) the disposition or influence which fills and governs the soul of any one)] of divination [G4436] ::: (actual ref. is to 'Python'… so the actual name for this type of spirit IS Python)
2 Familiar Spirit
Leviticus 19:31
"Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God."
Regard [H6437] (8799) not them that have familiar spirits [H178]::::(necromancer, one who evokes the dead)
3 Spirit of Jealousy
Numbers 5:14
"And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled.."
And the spirit [H7307] (breath-disposition)of jealousy [H7068] (ardour: enthusiasm/passion) come [H5674](context of letting the spirit enter in) (8804) upon him, and he be jealous [H7065] (context of the spirit of jealousy in manifestation)(8765) of his wife [H802], and she be defiled [H2930] (context of by sexual transfer or pollution)(8738): or if the spirit [H7307] of jealousy [H7068] come [H5674] (8804) upon him, and he be jealous [H7065] (8765) of his wife [H802], and she be not defiled [H2930] (polluted)(8738)
4 Lying Spirit
2 Chronicles 18:22
"Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee."
Now therefore, behold, the LORD [H3068] hath put [H5414](to be given up) (8804) a lying [H8267] (deception) spirit [H7307] (breath-disposition) in the mouth [H6310] of these thy prophets [H5030]
נָבִיא
(1) spokesman, speaker, prophet, context wider than a righteous prophet of God:
a) prophet
b) false prophet
c) heathen prophet,
נָבִיא soothsayers who prophesied in the name of baal and ashtaroth even carry the
SAME connotation
and the LORD [H3068] hath spoken [H1696] (8765) evil [H7451] against thee.
5 Perverse Spirit
Isaiah 19:14
"The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken [man] staggereth in his vomit."
The LORD [H3068] hath mingled [H4537] (mixed)(8804) a perverse [H5773](distorting, perverting, warping) spirit[H7307] (breath-disposition) in the midst [H7130](as seat of thought and emotion) thereof: and they have caused Egypt [H4714] to err [H8582](to err, wander, go astray, stagger)(8689) in every work [H4639] thereof, as a drunken [H7910] [man] staggereth [H8582] (8736) in his vomit [H6892].
6 Spirit of Haughtiness (Pride)
Proverbs 16:18
"Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."
Pride [H1347](pride, arrogance (bad sense)) [goeth] before [H6440](in the face of) destruction [H7667], and an haughty [H1363]
a) height
b) exaltation, grandeur
c) haughtiness)
spirit [H7307] (breath-disposition)before [H6440](in the face of) a fall [H3783](a stumbling, a fall, a calamity).
7 Spirit of Heaviness
Isaiah 61:3
"… the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness…"
the garment [H4594] of praise [H8416] for the spirit [H7307] (breath-disposition) of heaviness [H3544](dim, dull, colourless, be dark, faint--of a spirit broken down)
8 Spirit of Whoredoms
Hosea 5:4
"They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms [is] in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD."
for the spirit [H7307] (breath-disposition) of whoredoms [H2183](adultery, fornication, prostitution) [is] in the midst[H7130](as seat of thought and emotion)of them, and they have not known [H3045] (8804) the LORD [H3068].
9 Spirit of Infirmity
Luke 13:11 (11-13)
"And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up [herself]."
which had [G2192] (5723) a spirit [G4151]
(a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men) of infirmity [G769](want of strength, weakness, disease, sickness)
10 Deaf and Dumb Spirit
Mark 9:17, 20, 25, 26 (17-29)
"And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit.."
Mark 9:20 - "And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him.."
Mark 9:25-26 - "[Thou] dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. And [the spirit] cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead."
which hath [G2192] (5723) a dumb [G216](speechless, dumb, wanting the faculty of speech) spirit [G4151](a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men);
straightway [G2112] the spirit [G4151](a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men) tare [G4682] (5656) him [G846]
he rebuked [G2008] (5656) the foul [G169] spirit [G4151](a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men), saying [G3004] (5723) unto him [G846], [Thou] dumb [G216](speechless, dumb, wanting the faculty of speech) and [G2532] deaf [G2974](blunted, dull)
a) blunted (or lamed) in tongue, dumb
b) blunted, dull in hearing
c) deaf) spirit [G4151](a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men),
I [G1473] charge [G2004] (5719) thee [G4671], come [G1831] (5628) out of [G1537] him
And [G2532] [the spirit] cried [G2896] (5660), and [G2532] rent [G4682] (5660) him [G846] sore [G4183], and came out of him [G1831] (5627)
11 Spirit of Bondage
Romans 8:15
"For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear.."
the spirit [G4151](a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men) of bondage [G1397](slavery, bondage, the condition of a slave) again [G3825] to [G1519] fear [G5401](fear, dread, terror)
a) that which strikes terror
but [G235] ye have received [G2983] (5627) the Spirit [G4151] of adoption [G5206]
12 Spirit of Fear
2 Timothy 1:7
"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
the spirit [G4151](a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men) of fear [G1167](timidity, fearfulness, cowardice)
13 Seducing Spirits
1 Timothy 4:1
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.."
giving heed [G4337] (5723) to seducing [G4108]
1) wandering, roving
2) misleading, leading into error
a) a vagabond, "tramp", imposter
b) corrupter, deceiver
spirits [G4151](a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men), and [G2532] doctrines [G1319](teaching, instruction) of devils [G1140](a spirit, a being inferior to God, superior to men, evil spirits or the messengers and ministers of the devil)
14 Spirit of Antichrist
1 John 4:3
"And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world."
is [G2076] (5748) that [spirit] of antichrist [G500](the adversary of the Messiah)
15 Spirit of Error
1 John 4:6
"We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."
and [G2532] the spirit [G4151](a spirit higher than man but lower than God, i.e. an angel
1) used of demons, or evil spirits, who were conceived as inhabiting the bodies of men) of error [G4106]
1) a wandering, a straying about
a) one led astray from the right way, roams hither and thither
2) metaph.
a) mental straying
1) error, wrong opinion relative to morals or religion
b) error which shows itself in action, a wrong mode of acting
c) error, that which leads into error, deceit or fraud).
16 Spirit of Death
*Not expressly found listed in the scripture as a spirit ON a person like the ones above, but clearly Death is personified:
Rev 20:14
And [G2532] death [G2288] and [G2532] hell [G86] were cast [G906] (5681)
1Cr 15:26
The last [G2078] enemy [G2190] [that] shall be destroyed [G2673] (5743) [is] death [G2288].
Rom 5:14
"Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses…"
Rom 5:17
"For if by one man's offence death reigned by one…"
*personal experience… hubby has SEEN 'death' on a person.
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