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Strong's #4566 - Σατᾶν
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- adversary (one who opposes another in purpose or act), the name given to
- the prince of evil spirits, the inveterate adversary of God and Christ
- he incites apostasy from God and to sin
- circumventing men by his wiles
- the worshippers of idols are said to be under his control
- by his demons he is able to take possession of men and inflict them with diseases
- by God's assistance he is overcome
- on Christ's return from heaven he will be bound with chains for a thousand years, but when the thousand years are finished he will walk the earth in yet greater power, but shortly after will be given over to eternal punishment
- a Satan-like man
- the prince of evil spirits, the inveterate adversary of God and Christ
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Σᾰτάν or Σατᾶν, ὁ,
Satan, Hebr. word for adversary, opponent, LXX 1 Kings 11:14; 1 Kings 11:23; transl. by ἐπίβουλος in LXX 1 Samuel 29:4; also accuser, transl. by ὁ διάβολος in Job 1:6 sq., Zechariah 3:1 : — hence as chief of the evil spirits, the Devil, Cor. 12.7 ( indecl., as gen.); also Σᾰτᾰνᾶς, ᾶ, ὁ, LXX Job 2:3 (cod. A), Si. 21.27, freq. in NT, Ev.Matthew 4:10, al.: — Adj. Σατανικός, ή, όν, PLond. 5.1731.11 (vi A.D.) .
σαταν indeclinable (2 Corinthians 12:7 R G (Tdf. in 1 Kings 11:14 accents σαταν (Lagarde leaves it unaccented))), ὁ, and ὁ σατανᾶς (i. e. with the article (except in Mark 3:23; Luke 22:3)), σατανᾶ (cf. Buttmann, 20 (18); Winer's Grammar, § 8, 1) ((Aram. סָטָנָא, stative emphatic of סָטָן.) Hebrew שָׂטָן), adversary (one who opposes another in purpose or act); the appellation is given to:
1. the prince of evil spirits, the inveterate adversary of God and of Christ (see διάβολος, and in πονηρός, 2b.): Mark 3:(
2. a Satan-like man: Matthew 16:23; Mark 8:33. (Cf. Delitzsch in Riehm, under the word; Schenkel in his BL, under the word; Hamburger, Real-Encycl. i., 897f; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, Appendix xiii. § ii.; and BB. DD., under the word.)
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Σατᾶν
Of Hebrew origin [H7854]
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