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Lexicon :: Strong's H7854 - śāṭān

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שָׂטָן
Transliteration
śāṭān
Pronunciation
saw-tawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2252a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂטָן sâṭân, saw-tawn'; from H7853; an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good:—adversary, Satan, withstand.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H7854 in the following manner: Satan (19x), adversary (7x), withstand (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H7854 in the following manner: Satan (19x), adversary (7x), withstand (1x).

  1. adversary, one who withstands

    1. adversary (in general - personal or national)

  2. superhuman adversary

    1. Satan (as noun pr)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂטָן sâṭân, saw-tawn'; from H7853; an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good:—adversary, Satan, withstand.
STRONGS H7854: Abbreviations
† שָׂטָן noun masculinePsalm 109:6
1. adversary.
2. Satan (Late Hebrew שָׂטָן, סָטָן; Aramaic שָׂטָנָא, סָטָנָא, Syriac axnEjxs (Hebrew); Late Hebrew verb סָטַן, Aramaic סְטַן; Arabic شَطَنَ is be remote, especially from the truth, and from the mercy of God; شَيطَانً Satan, Ethiopic ለይጣን፡); —
1. adversary, in general, personal or national; (ל) הָיָה לְשׂ׳ Numbers 22:22 (JE), 1 Samuel 29:4 (compare NesMarg. 15), 2 Samuel 19:23, יָצָא לְשׂ׳ Numbers 22:32 (JE); שׂ׳ 1 Kings 5:18; 1 Kings 11:25; ל הֵקִים שׂ׳, subject God 1 Kings 11:14, 23, compare Psalm 109:6 (|| רָשָׁע).
2. superhuman adversary, הַשּׂ׳ :
a. of Job, one of בְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים Job 1:6, 7 (twice in verse); Job 1:8, 9, 12 (twice in verse); Job 2:1, 2(twice in verse); Job 2:3, 4 (twice in verse); Job 2:6, 7.
b. of high priest of Israel before י׳, Zechariah 3:1, 2(twice in verse); Greek Version of the LXX. ὁ διάβολος.
c. as proper name שׂ׳ Satan 1 Chronicles 21:1 (interpret 2 Samuel 24:1), Greek Version of the LXX διάβολος (Greek Version of the LXX σατάν 1 Kings 11:14, 23; Σατανᾶς Matthew 4:10; Mark 1:13; Luke 10:18 + 33 times NT).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

22:22; 22:32

1 Samuel

29:4

2 Samuel

19:23; 24:1

1 Kings

5:18; 11:14; 11:14; 11:23; 11:23; 11:25

1 Chronicles

21:1

Job

1:6; 1:7; 1:8; 1:9; 1:12; 2:1; 2:2; 2:3; 2:4; 2:6; 2:7

Psalms

109:6; 109:6

Zechariah

3:1; 3:2

Matthew

4:10

Mark

1:13

Luke

10:18

H7854

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Strong's Number H7854 matches the Hebrew שָׂטָן (śāṭān),
which occurs 27 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22 - And God was very angry because he went; and the angel of the Lord rose up to withstand him. Now he had mounted his ass, and his two servants were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - And the angel of God said to him, Why hast thou smitten thine ass this third time? and, behold, I came out to withstand thee, for thy way was not seemly before me; and when the ass saw me, she turned away from me this third time.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4 - And the captains of the Philistines were displeased at him, and they say to him, Send the man away, and let him return to his place, where thou didst set him; and let him not come with us to the war, and let him not be a [fn]traitor in the camp: and wherewith will he be reconciled to his master? will it not be with the heads of those men?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:22 - (LXX 19:23) And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Saruia, that ye as it were lie in wait against me this day? to-day no man in Israel shall be put to death, for I know not if I this day reign over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:4 - (LXX 5:18) And now the Lord my God has given me rest round about; there is no one plotting against me, and there is no [fn]evil trespass against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:14 - And the Lord raised up an enemy to Solomon, Ader the Idumæan, and Esrom son of Eliadaë who dwelt in Raama, and Adadezer king of Suba his master; (and men gathered to him, and he was head of the conspiracy, and he seized on Damasec,) and they were adversaries to Israel all the days of Solomon: and Ader the Idumæan was of the seed royal in Idumæa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:25 - this is the mischief which Ader did, and he was a bitter enemy of Israel, and he reigned in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:1 - And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:6 - And it came to pass on a day, that, behold, the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, and the devil came with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - And the Lord said to the devil, Whence art thou come? And the devil answered the Lord, and said, I am come from compassing the earth, and walking up and down in the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - And the Lord said to him, Hast thou diligently considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a man blameless, true, godly, abstaining from everything evil?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:9 - Then the devil answered, and said before the Lord, Does Job worship the Lord for nothing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:12 - Then the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I give into thine hand all that he has, but touch not himself. So the devil went out from the presence of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:1 - And it came to pass on a certain day, that the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, and the devil came among them to stand before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - And the Lord said to the devil, Whence comest thou? Then the devil said before the Lord, I am come from going through the world, and walking about the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And the Lord said to the devil, Hast thou then observed my servant Job, that there is none of men upon the earth like him, a harmless, true, blameless, godly man, abstaining from all evil? and he yet cleaves to innocence, whereas thou hast told me to destroy his substance without cause?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:4 - And the devil answered and said to the Lord, Skin for skin, all that a man has will he give as a ransom for his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:6 - And the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to thee; only save his life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7 - So the devil went out from the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from his feet to his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:6 - (LXX 108:6) Set thou a sinner against him; and let [fn]the devil stand at his right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:1 - And the Lord shewed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and the [fn]Devil stood on his right hand to resist him. And the Lord said to the Devil,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:2 - [fn] The Lord rebuke thee, O Devil, even the Lord that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: behold! is not this as a brand plucked from the fire?
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