שָׂטַן
śāṭan
be adversary
Strong's H7853VerbHebrewTWOT 2252

שָׂטַן (śāṭan) is a Hebrew verb meaning be adversary. It appears 6 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7853).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2252)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2252)be, act as adversary; attack, accuse; adversary, resist
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׂטַן verb, denominative: be, act as adversary

Strong's H7853 שָׂטַן: to attack, (figuratively) accuse
KJV:(be an) adversary, resist.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Psalms 71:13Zechariah 3:1

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