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"Demon" in the Bible: Matthew 8:28-34
The account of Jesus' healing of a demon-possessed man. Nobody else dared go near the violent man, but Jesus cast the demon out of him with a word into a herd of pigs.

http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%208:28-34&version=NIV

Dog - a Christian perspective
Jesus often challenged the idea that God's love extended only to the people of Israel. In this account, he heals a Canaanite woman's daughter because of her earnest faith, despite the fact that Canaanites would have been considered "dogs" by the religious establishment.

http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2015:21-28&version=NIV

Legion - a Christian perspective
When Jesus confronted a demon-possessed man, the evil spirit in him identified itself by name: "Legion." Jesus cast it out and into a nearby herd of pigs.

http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%205:10&version=31

Swine - a Christian perspective
Jesus casts demons out of a possessed man and into a nearby herd of pigs. The pigs--considered unclean in the Jewish tradition--plunged off of a nearby cliff.

http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%208:30-32&version=NIV

Bible Concordance :: Demon
A powerful evil spirit that works for Satan. Demons can sometimes control people. But Jesus has power over demons. He can make them come out of people. (Mark 1:21-28; Mark 9:14-29; Acts 16:16-18; Ephesians 6:10-18)

http://biblica.com/niv/appendix/concordance_resultsingle.php?rowid=30