Σατᾶν

satan satan indeclinable ( R G (Tdf. in accents
satan (Lagarde leaves it unaccented))),
oJ, and
oJ
satana'" (i. e. with the article (except in ; )),
satana' (cf. Buttmann, 20 (18); Winer's Grammar, sec. 8, 1) ((Aram. an:f;s;, stative emphatic of @f;s;.) Hebrew @f;c;), 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
diavbolo", and in
ponhrov", 2b.): :(23),26; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ,,; ; he incites to apostasy from God and to sin, ; ; R L in brackets; ; ; ; (10); ; circumventing men by stratagems, ; ; the worshippers of idols are said to be under his control, ; ; he is said both himself
ejisevrcesqai
eij"
tina, in order to act through him, ; ; and by his demons to take possession of the bodies of men and to afflict them with diseases, , cf. ; ; by God's assistance he is overcome, ; on Christ's return from heaven he will be bound with chains for a thousand years, but when the thousand years are finished he will walk the earth in yet greater power, ,, but shortly after will be given over to eternal punishment, .2. a Satan-like man: ; . (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. sec. ii.; and BB. DD., under the word.)*