King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7854
Transliteration: satan
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-tawn')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: adversary, also the name of the superhuman adversary of God
Meaning: an opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good
Word Summary
satan: adversary, also the name of the superhuman adversary of God
Original Word: שָׂטָןTransliteration: satan
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-tawn')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: adversary, also the name of the superhuman adversary of God
Meaning: an opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good
Strong's Concordance
adversary, Satan, withstand From satan; an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good -- adversary, Satan, withstand.
see HEBREW satan
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7854. satan
שָׂטָן noun masculinePsalm 109:6
1 adversary.
2 Satan (Late Hebrew סָטָן שָׂטָן,; Aramaic סָטָנָא שָׂטָנָא,, Syriac (Hebrew); Late Hebrew verb סָטַן, Aramaic סְטַן; Arabic is be remote, especially from the truth, and from the mercy of God; Satan, Ethiopic :); —
1 adversary, in General, personal or national; (ל) לְשׂ ׳הָיָה Numbers 22:22 (JE), 1 Samuel 29:4 (compare NesMarg. 15), 2 Samuel 19:23, לְשׂ ׳יָצָא Numbers 22:32 (JE); ׳שׂ 1 Kings 5:18; 11:25; שׂ ׳הֵקִים ל, subject God 11:14, 23, compare Psalm 109:6 ("" רָשָׁע).
2 superhuman adversary, ׳הַשּׂ:
a. of Job, one of אֱלֹהִים בְּנֵי Job 1:6-7, (twice in verse); 1:8-9, 12 (twice in verse); 2:1-2,(twice in verse); 2:3-4, (twice in verse); 2:6-7,.
b. of high priest of Israel before ׳י, Zechariah 3:1-2,(twice in verse); ᵐ5. ὁ διάβολος.
c. as proper name ׳שׂ Satan 1 Chronicles 21:1 (interpret 2 Samuel 24:1), ᵐ5 διάβολος (ᵐ5 σατάν 1 Kings 11:14, 23; Σατανᾶς Matthew 4:10; Mark 1:13; Luke 10:18 33t. NT).