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(ὁ πονηÏοÌÏ‚, ho poneÌ„roÌs): Nearly all peoples who have expressed their religious thought and feeling believe in a spirit that presides over the destinies of men for their good. They believe that there is also a spirit, a person, whose work it is to lead men into temptation: a spirit of light and a spirit of darkness. Feelings and preferences may have much to do with the conclusions. In , , ; , the King James Version gives “evil,†the Revised Version (British and American) “the evil one,†margin, “evil,†the personal form referring to the enemy of the race known by various terms: Satan, “the adversary†or “the accuser,†occurs 50 times; Beelzebub is found 7 times; devil, 35 times; it means “accuser,†“calumniator.†See SATAN.