Sense file
How the sense moved
The archive follows the dated record first, then reads the social or rhetorical pressure that hardened, softened, narrowed, or reversed the word.
Older meaning
A spirit or divine power, not always evil in Greek usage.
Modern meaning
An evil spirit.
Research lens
Useful for showing how later religious frameworks can moralize a broader older spirit term.
Meaning trail
Root
spirit or power
Not automatically wicked.
Older sense
supernatural being
Moral value depended on context.
Now
evil spirit
Later theology narrowed the moral reading.