Quick Definition
Σατανᾶς, ᾶ, ὁ n.m. an adversary, Satan
Strong's Definition
of Chaldee origin corresponding to 4566 (with the definite affix); the accuser, i.e. the devil
KJV Usage: Satan
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun-name, m. | -ᾶ
12.34 · Supernatural Beings and Powers · Supernatural Beings
Devil, Satan (a borrowing from Hebrew and Aramaic: a title for the Devil, literally: adversary) the principal supernatural evil being In a number of languages there is a well known proper name for the Devil as the chief of all demons. In other instances, however, he is given a descriptive name, for example, ‘the ruler of the evil spirits,’ ‘the chief of the demons,’ ‘the truly bad one,’ ‘the left-handed one’ (as the one who is opposed to all which is right or correct), ‘the no-good one,’ ‘the avaricious one.’ In some instances a term for the Devil may be highly idiomatic as, for example, ‘the barking one,’ a reference to the Devil’s presumed activity in animal guise.
Some translators have employed for ‘Devil’ the proper name Satan, but this is often not a satisfactory solution. In one language in West Africa, for example, the term Satan had already been borrowed but was understood in the sense of the culture hero of the people and not as a designation for the chief of demons.
See also REV 20:2.
MAT 4:10 · MAT 12:26 · MAT 12:26 · MAT 16:23 · MRK 1:13 · MRK 3:23 · MRK 3:23 · MRK 3:26 · MRK 4:15 · MRK 8:33 · LUK 10:18 · LUK 11:18 · LUK 13:16 · LUK 22:3 · LUK 22:31 · JHN 13:27 · ACT 5:3 · ACT 26:18 · ROM 16:20 · 1CO 5:5 · 1CO 7:5 · 2CO 2:11 · 2CO 11:14 · 2CO 12:7 · 1TH 2:18 · 2TH 2:9 · 1TI 1:20 · 1TI 5:15 · REV 2:9 · REV 2:13 · REV 2:13 · REV 2:24 · REV 3:9 · REV 12:9 · REV 20:2 · REV 20:7
93.330 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons
Satan (a borrowing from Hebrew and Aramaic meaning literally: adversary) the usual proper name of the Devil; see also 12.34
MAT 4:10 · MAT 12:26 · MAT 12:26 · MAT 16:23 · MRK 1:13 · MRK 3:23 · MRK 3:23 · MRK 3:26 · MRK 4:15 · MRK 8:33 · LUK 10:18 · LUK 11:18 · LUK 13:16 · LUK 22:3 · LUK 22:31 · JHN 13:27 · ACT 5:3 · ACT 26:18 · ROM 16:20 · 1CO 5:5 · 1CO 7:5 · 2CO 2:11 · 2CO 11:14 · 2CO 12:7 · 1TH 2:18 · 2TH 2:9 · 1TI 1:20 · 1TI 5:15 · REV 2:9 · REV 2:13 · REV 2:13 · REV 2:24 · REV 3:9 · REV 12:9 · REV 20:2 · REV 20:7
1 The terms διάβολος and Σατανᾶς appear to function both as titles and as proper names. This results from the fact that the referent in each instance is unique. In the text of the Greek NT Σατανᾶς was traditionally written with an initial capital letter, while διάβολος was normally written with a lower case initial letter, except for the occurrences of Διάβολος in REV 12:9 and REV 20:2.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Σατανᾶς Satanas 36x
an adversary, opponent, enemy, perhaps, Mt. 16:23; Mk. 8:33; Lk. 4:8; elsewhere, Satan, the devil, Mt. 4:10; Mk. 1:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Σατανᾶς, -ᾶ
(so also Sir 21:30, but in III Ki 11:14, σατάν indecl.; Heb. שָׂטָן; Aram. סָטָנָא, whence the inflected Gk. form), ό,
Satan (i.e. the adversary, as in LXX, ll. c.): Mt 4:10 12:26, Mk 1:13 3:23, 26 4:15, Lk 10:18 11:18 13:16 22:3, 31, Jo 13:27, Ac 5:3 26:18, Ro 16:20, I Co 5:5 7:5, II Co 2:11 11:14, I Th 2:18, II Th 2:9, I Ti 1:20 5:15, Re 2:9, 13, 24 3:9 12:9 20:2, 7; addressed in person of Peter, Mt 16:23 Mk 8:33; ἄγγελος Σατανᾶ, II Co 12:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Σατανᾶς, a Grecized transliteration of the Aramaic NO, meaning originally ‘* one lying in ambush for,” and hence asa proper name ‘‘ the adversary,’’ ‘‘the accuser”: cf. for the development of the Jewish belief ZA s.v., Bousset Die Religion des Judentums* (1906), p. 382 ff., also Hort James, p. 98 f. In the magical incantation P Par 5741288 (jiii/A.p.) (= Selecttons, p. 113), Jesus the Christ is adjured to drive forth the devil from a man until this unclean demon of Satan—t ἀκάθαρτος ν δαίμων m caSavas—shall flee before him. For the corresponding adj. cf. P Lond V. 173132 (A.D. 585) where a divorce is said to have taken place kata διαβουί-- ο)λικὴν καὶ σατανικὴν ἐνέργειαν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Σατανᾶς (Satanas) — Satan. Included with: Σᾰτάν or Σατᾶν, ὁ, “Satan”, Hebrew word for adversary, opponent, [LXX]; translated by ἐπίβουλος in [LXX]; also accuser, translated by ὁ διάβολος in [LXX]:—hence as chief of the evil spirits, the Devil, [NT] (indeclinable, as genitive); also Σᾰτᾰνᾶς, ᾶ, ὁ, [LXX], frequently in NT, [NT]:— adjective Σατανικός, ή, όν, [Refs 6th c.AD+]