Genesis 6:1-4
Four verses of terse Hebrew, two rare construct phrases, one verb shared with Eden, and three millennia of interpretation. Genesis 6:1-4 is the OT-side anchor of the Watchers tradition — but before any expansion, the text has its own grammar to declare.
Genesis · Isaiah · Ezekiel · 2 Peter · Jude · Revelation Gen 6:1-4; Isa 14:12-15; Ezk 28:12-19; 2Pe 2:4; Jud 6; Rev 12:7-9
Across the entire NT, demons (δαιμόνιον) and angels (ἄγγελος) never share a verse, never share a pericope, and share zero semantic neighbors. Three independent witnesses — one verdict on the popular conflation.
The OT names demons in 11 verses; the NT uses δαιμόνιον 63 times across 55 verses. Three identifiable mechanisms — translation, speculation, and sovereign reframing — produced that explosion.
The Old Testament mentions demons fewer than 75 times across 39 books. That silence is the theological datum — every adversarial spirit in the Hebrew Bible operates within YHWH's explicit sovereignty, not against it.