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单词 field-devil
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field-devil
field-devil n. Obsolete (in biblical contexts) a demon believed to inhabit the desert. [After German Feldteufel (from 1523 in Luther's translation of the Bible (earliest in the book of Deuteronomy) as felt teuffel, feldteuffel), which renders two distinct Hebrew words: (1) sĕʿīrīm, plural of sāʿir satyr, demon (e.g. Leviticus 17:7, 2 Chronicles 11:15; King James Bible: ‘satyrs’), probably < sēʿār hair, i.e. lit. ‘the hairy one’; (2) šedīm (plural noun) demons (e.g. Deuteronomy 32:17, Psalm 106:37; King James version: ‘devils’), of unknown origin, but apparently taken by Luther as related to Hebrew šĕdēmāh field (of unknown origin).]
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > false or heathen god
devileOE
demonOE
false goda1175
field-devil1530
puppetries1610
1530 Bible (Tyndale) Deut. xxxii. f. lviiiv They offered vnto feldedeuels and not to God.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xi. 15 He founded prestes to ye hye places, & to feldedeuels.
1883 Foreign Church Chron. & Rev. 7 242 The Israelite invaders, having come into Palestine without any religion at all, picked up there a worship of field-devils, which first prevailed over Baal worship.
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