שָׂטַן
sâṭan · saw-tan'
to attack, (figuratively) accuse
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to attack, (figuratively) accuse
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be an) adversary, resist.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to surround and contain › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy that works to surround and contain of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂטַן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- are mine adversaries1 · 17%
- that are adversaries1 · 17%
- they are my adversaries1 · 17%
- of mine adversaries1 · 17%
- let mine adversaries1 · 17%
- to resist1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.