Lexical Summary Satan: Satan Original Word: ΣατᾶνTransliteration: Satan Phonetic Spelling: (sat-an') Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Satan Meaning: Satan Strong's Concordance Satan. Of Hebrew origin (satan); Satan, i.e. The devil -- Satan. Compare Satanas. see GREEK Satanas see HEBREW satan Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4566: σατανσαταν 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.) |