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In Hebrew, his name is Ashmedai, meaning ‘evil spirit.’
The Exorsistah: X Returns Claudia Mair Burney 2010
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The cause of death is the demon Ashmedai (Asmodeus) who is in love with Sarah and slays every groom who approaches her.
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Naamah was the wife of Shamadon and the union with this fiend produced Asmodeus (Ashmedai), the king of the demons.
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In the Talmud, for example, he corresponds with Ashmedai, a far less malevolent character than the Asmodeus of Tobit, although his desires are focused on Solomon's wives and Bath-sheba.
Sepulchre Mosse, Kate 2007
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"Because," said Ashmedai, "the man was at that very time sitting on a princely treasure, and he did not, with all his pretension, know that it was under him."
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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No sooner did Solomon comply with this request, than Ashmedai, snatching him up, swallowed him; then stretching forth his wings -- one touching the heaven and the other the earth -- he vomited him out again to a distance of four hundred miles.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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Ashmedai replied, "Just take this chain from my neck, and give me thy signet-ring, and I'll soon show thee my superiority."
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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After a while Ashmedai came, and examined the seal, when, seeing it all right, he raised the stone, and to his surprise found wine in the pit.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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Having once acquired a power over Ashmedai, Solomon detained him till the building of the Temple was completed.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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Ashmedai sat at that moment on the throne, but as soon as he saw Solomon enter, he took fright and raising his wings, flew away, shrieking back into invisibility.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various
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