SATAN Definition & Meaning

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Satan

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noun

the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.

Satan

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noun

the devil, adversary of God, and tempter of mankind: sometimes identified with Lucifer (Luke 4:5–8)

Satan

The devil . In the Bible (see also Bible ), Satan is identified with the tempter who encourages the fall of Adam and Eve ; he is the accuser who torments Job in the hope that he will curse God; the one who offers Jesus all the kingdoms of the world if Jesus will worship him ( see Get thee behind me, Satan ); and the evil one who puts betrayal in the heart of Judas . Satan will one day be confined in hell , but until then he is free to roam the Earth .

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Satan has been depicted in many ways: as a man with horns, goat hooves, a pointed tail, a pointed beard, and a pitchfork; as a dragon; and sometimes as an angel with large batlike wings.

Satan is the power of darkness opposed to the light of Christ ; he is thus sometimes referred to as the Prince of Darkness.

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Origin of Satan¹

before 900; Middle English, Old English < Late Latin < Greek Satân, Satán < Hebrew ś�� adversary

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of Satan¹

Old English, from Late Latin, from Greek, from Hebrew: plotter, from ��ٲ�� to plot against

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The crusty bounty hunter was murdered during an attempted bust, but is resurrected by Satan and given a new assignment: tracking down demons who have escaped from Hell.

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“Many of you see what Satan has been trying to do even in our school systems,” Morris told some of the church’s roughly 25,000 members in 2023, before showing a list of Republican candidates.

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Based on a real-life episode of alleged demonic possession, it stars Day as an exhausted single mother who comes to believe that Satan is controlling her kids.

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In general, the economic collapse they plan is more like a reverse flood from the Book of Genesis, in which the righteous will all be submerged while the very worst ride Satan’s ark.

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"Fights, Camera, Action" features an excerpt of a 1988 interview with the woman whose toaster is allegedly possessed by Satan, featured on the "Today" show.

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