SATAN

See: Teitan

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Signifies, properly, adversary, enemy, 1Ki 11:14 Ps 109:6, and is so applied by Jesus to Peter, Mt 16:23 Mr 8:33. Hence it is used particularly of the grand adversary of souls, the devil, the prince of the fallen angels, the accuser and calumniator of men before God, Job 1:7,12 Zec 3:1,2 Re 12:10. He seduces them to sin, 1Ch 21:1 Lu 22:31; and is thus the author of that evil, both physical and moral, by which the human race is afflicted, especially of those vicious propensities and wicked actions which are productive of so much misery, and also of death itself, Lu 13:16 Heb 2:14. Hence Satan is represented both as soliciting men to commit sin, and as the source, the efficient cause of impediments which are thrown in the way of the Christians religion, or which are designed to diminish its efficacy in reforming the hearts and lives of men, and inspiring them with the hope of future bliss, Mt 4:10 Joh 13:27 Ro 16:20 Eph 2:2. See DEVIL. The "synagogue of Satan," Re 2:9,13, probably denotes the unbelieving Jews, the false zealots for the Law of Moses, who at the beginning were the most eager persecutors of the Christians. They were very numerous at Smyrna, to which church John writes.

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Satan. Satan
Adversary; accuser. When used as a proper name, the Hebrew word so rendered has the article “the adversary” (Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7). In the New Testament it is used as interchangeable with Diabolos, or the devil, and is so used more than thirty times.

He is also called “the dragon,” “the old serpent” (Rev. 12:9; 20:2); “the prince of this world” (John 12:31; 14:30); “the prince of the power of the air” (Eph. 2:2); “the god of this world” (2 Cor. 4:4); “the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience” (Eph. 2:2). The distinct personality of Satan and his activity among men are thus obviously recognized. He tempted our Lord in the wilderness (Matt. 4:1-11). He is “Beelzebub, the prince of the devils” (12:24). He is “the constant enemy of God, of Christ, of the divine kingdom, of the followers of Christ, and of all truth; full of falsehood and all malice, and exciting and seducing to evil in every possible way.” His power is very great in the world. He is a “roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Pet. 5:8). Men are said to be “taken captive by him” (2 Tim. 2:26). Christians are warned against his “devices” (2 Cor. 2:11), and called on to “resist” him (James 4:7). Christ redeems his people from “him that had the power of death, that is, the devil” (Heb. 2:14). Satan has the “power of death,” not as lord, but simply as executioner.

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Satan. contrary; adversary; enemy; accuser

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SATAN. → Called Abaddon (Hebrew: Destroyer) Re 9:11 → The accuser of our brethren Re 12:10 → The adversary 1Pe 5:8 → The angel of the bottomless pit Re 9:11 → Apollyon (Greek: Destroyer) Re 9:11 → Beelzebul Mt 12:24; Mr 3:22; Lu 11:15 → Belial 2Co 6:15 → The Devil Mt 4:1; Lu 4:2,6; Re 20:2 → Our common enemy Mt 13:39 → Evil spirit 1Sa 16:14 → The father of all lies Joh 8:44 → Gates of hell (Hades) Mt 16:18 → Great red dragon Re 12:3 → The liar Joh 8:44 → Lying spirit 1Ki 22:22 → The murderer Joh 8:44 → That old serpent Re 12:9; 20:2 → The power of darkness Col 1:13 → The prince
* Of this world Joh 12:31; 14:30; 16:11
* Of demons Mt 12:24
* Of the power of the air Eph 2:2
* Ruler of the darkness of this world Eph 6:12
* Satan 1Ch 21:1; Job 1:6; Joh 13:27; Ac 5:3; 26:18; Ro 16:20
* The serpent Ge 3:4,14; 2Co 11:3
* The spirit that works in all disobedient people Eph 2:2
* The Tempter Mt 4:3; 1Th 3:5
* The god of this world 2Co 4:4
* Unclean spirit Mt 12:43
* The wicked one Mt 13:19,38

→ Kingdom of, to be destroyed 2Sa 23:6,7 → With the context of Mt 12:29; 13:30; Lu 11:21,22; 1Jo 3:8 → The synagogue of Re 2:9; 3:9 → UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Ge 3:1,4,5,14,15; 1Ch 21:1; Job 1:6,7,9-12; 2:3-7; 9:24; Ps 109:6; Zec 3:1,2; Mt 4:1-11; 9:34; 13:19,38,39; 25:41; Mr 1:13; 3:22-26; 4:15; Lu 4:1-13; 8:12; 10:18; 11:15,18; 13:16; 22:31,53; Joh 8:38,41,44; 12:31; 13:2,27; 14:30; 16:11; Ac 5:3; 13:10; 26:18; Ro 16:20; 1Co 7:5; 2Co 2:11; 4:4; 11:3,14,15; 12:7; Eph 2:2; 4:27; 6:11-16; Col 1:13; 2:15; 1Th 2:18; 3:5; 2Th 2:9; 1Ti 1:20; 3:6,7; 5:15; 2Ti 2:26; Heb 2:14; Jas 4:7; 1Pe 5:8,9; 2Pe 2:4; 1Jo 2:13; 3:8,10,12; 5:18; Jude 1:6-9; Re 2:9,10,13,24; 3:9; 9:11; 12:9-12; 20:1-3,7,8,10
* See DEMONS

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satan. Satan, n. a name of the devil, the prince of hell

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Sa″tan (?), n. [[Heb. sātān an adversary, fr. sātan to be adverse, to persecute: cf. Gr. �, �, L. Satan, Satanas.]] The grand adversary of man; the Devil, or Prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend. I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke x. 18.