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title: שָׂטָן — adversary · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׂטָן (7854), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 27 times: adversary. BDB 1906: n.m. adversary Satan. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׂטָן

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«שָׂטָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **adversary** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 27 times · **Key:** 7854 · **BDB:** שָׂטָן

### Glosses

adversary (16); an.adversary (6); accuser (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

adversary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7854/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. adversary Satan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7854/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 109:6 1. adversary. 2. Satan (NH שָׂטָן, סָטָן; Aramaic שָׂטָנָא, סָטָנָא, Syriac ܣܳܛܳܢܳܐ (Hebr.); NH vb. סָטַן, Aramaic סְטַן; Arabic شَطَنَ is be remote, especially from the truth, and from the mercy of God; شَيْطَانٌ Satan, Ethiopic ሰይጣን );— adversary, in gen., personal or national; (ל) הָיָה לְשׂ׳ Nu 22:22 (JE), 1 S 29:4 (cf. NesMarg. 15), 2 S 19:23, יָצָא לְשׂ׳ Nu 22:32 (JE); שׂ׳ 1 K 5:18; 11:25; הֵקִים שׂ׳ ל, subj. God 1 K 11:14, 23, cf. ψ 109:6 (‖ רָשָׁע). superhuman adversary, הַשּׂ׳: of Job, one of בְּנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים Jb 1:6, 7(×2), 8, 9, 12(×2); 2:1, 2(×2), 3, 4, 6, 7. of h. p. of Isr. bef. י׳, Zc 3:1, 2(×2); 𝔊 ὁ διάβολος. as n.pr. שׂ׳ Satan 1 Ch 21:1 (interpr. 2 S 24:1), 𝔊 διάβολος (𝔊 σατάν †1 K 11:14, 23; Σατανᾶς Mt 4:10; Mk 1:13; Lk 10:18 + 33 times NT).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׂטָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7854/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 109:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.109.6/)

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הַפְקֵ֣ד עָלָ֣יו רָשָׁ֑ע וְ֝שָׂטָ֗ן יַעֲמֹ֥ד עַל־יְמִינֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* appoint on him a.wicked.\[person\] and an.accuser let.him.stand on hand his.right

*JPS 1917:* 'Set Thou a wicked man over him; and let an adversary stand at his right hand.

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[1 Chronicles 21:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.1/)

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וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֥ד שָׂטָ֖ן עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיָּ֙סֶת֙ אֶת־דָּוִ֔יד לִמְנ֖וֹת אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.rose.up an.adversary on Israel and he.incited (et) David to count (et) Israel

*JPS 1917:* And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

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