שָׂטָן
sâṭân · saw-tawn'
an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7853 (שָׂטַן);
an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good
- an opponent
- especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: adversary, Satan, withstand.
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 שָׂטָן 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
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- unto satan7 · 26%
- and satan5 · 19%
- for an adversary1 · 4%
- to withstand1 · 4%
- he be an adversary1 · 4%
- be adversaries1 · 4%
- so that there is neither adversary1 · 4%
- an adversary1 · 4%
- another adversary1 · 4%
- and he was an adversary1 · 4%
- thou? then satan1 · 4%
- then satan1 · 4%
- so satan1 · 4%
- thou? and satan1 · 4%
- satan1 · 4%
- over him: and let satan1 · 4%
- thee, o satan1 · 4%
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.