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Satan, the Adversary; the chief spiritual enemy and accuser in biblical theology
A transliteration of the Hebrew word for 'adversary' (satan), adopted into Greek as a proper name for the chief of evil spirits. In the New Testament it appears across all grammatical cases as a personal name referring to one consistent figure—the tempter in the wilderness (Matt 4:10), the accuser who demands to sift the disciples (Luke 22:31), and the cosmic enemy whom Christ has come to overthrow (Mark 3:23-26). The name is left untranslated across virtually every language—Spanish 'Satanas,' French 'Satan,' German 'Satan'—confirming its status as a recognized proper noun rather than a translatable title.
Senses
1. Satan (the adversary) — The proper name for the spiritual adversary and accuser of humanity. Drawn from Hebrew 'satan' (opponent), the New Testament uses it as a fixed proper noun across all case forms (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, vocative). Jesus addresses him directly at the temptation (Matt 4:10) and rebukes Peter with the same name (Matt 16:23, Mark 8:33). Paul refers to his schemes (2 Cor 2:11) and power (2 Thess 2:9). The universal transliteration across languages—Spanish, French, German all retain 'Satan'—shows full lexicalization as a name. 36×
AR["الشَّيطانِ", "الشَّيْطانُ", "الشَّيْطانِ", "الشَّيْطَانُ", "الشَّيْطَانِ", "شَيطَانُ", "شَيْطانُ", "شَيْطَانُ", "يَا-شَيْطَانُ"]·ben["Satanâs", "শয়তান", "শয়তান;", "শয়তানের", "শয়তানের,", "শয়তানের।"]·DE["Satan"]·EN["Satan", "Satanas"]·FR["Satan"]·heb["הַ-שָׂטָן", "הַשָּׂטָן", "שָׂטָן"]·HI["अपने-आप-पर", "झूठ-बोलने", "शैतअन", "शैतान", "शैतान-ने", "शैतानकी", "सतन"]·ID["Iblis", "Setan", "Setan,", "Setan;"]·IT["Satana"]·jav["Setan", "Setan!", "Sètan", "Sétan", "Sétan,", "Sétan.", "Sétan;"]·KO["마음-을", "사단.", "사단에게", "사단에게,", "사단이", "사탄-의", "사탄아", "사탄에게", "사탄의", "사탄이", "사탄이."]·PT["Satanás"]·RU["Сатана", "Сатане", "Сатаны", "сатана", "сатане", "сатаны"]·ES["Satanás", "Satanâ", "Satanâs"]·SW["Satana", "Sataná", "Satanâs", "Shetani"]·TR["o-", "Şeytan", "Şeytan'ın"]·urd["اے-شیطان", "شیطان", "شیطان-نے", "شیطان-کو", "شیطان۔"]
Matt 4:10, Matt 12:26, Matt 12:26, Matt 16:23, Mark 1:13, Mark 3:23, Mark 3:23, Mark 3:26, Mark 4:15, Mark 8:33, Luke 10:18, Luke 11:18 (+24 more)
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
Included with: Σᾰτάν or Σατᾶν, ὁ, “Satan”, Hebrew word for adversary, opponent, LXX; translated by ἐπίβουλος in LXX; also accuser, translated by ὁ διάβολος in LXX:—hence as chief of the evil spirits, the Devil, NT (indeclinable, as genitive); also Σᾰτᾰνᾶς, ᾶ, ὁ, LXX, frequently in NT, NT:— adjective Σατανικός, ή, όν, Refs 6th c.AD+