שָׂטָן
śāṭān
adversary
Strong's H7854NounHebrewTWOT 2252a

שָׂטָן (śāṭān) is a Hebrew noun meaning adversary. It appears 27 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7854).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2252a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2252a)adversary, Satan; opponent; withstand
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׂטָן noun, masculine: adversary, Satan

Strong's H7854 שָׂטָן: an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good
KJV:adversary, Satan, withstand.

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.

Root family 2252: שָׂטַן śāṭan — be, act as adversary; attack, accuse; adversary, resist

See it in Scripture

Numbers 22:221 Samuel 29:41 Kings 11:14

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