σαταν indeclinable (
2 Corinthians 12:7 R G (
Tdf. in 
1 Kings 11:14 accents 
σαταν (Lagarde leaves it unaccented))), 
ὁ, and 
ὁ σατανᾶς (i. e. with the article (except in 
Mark 3:23; 
Luke 22:3)), 
σατανᾶ (cf. 
Buttmann, 20 (18); 
Winer's Grammar, § 8, 1) ((Aram. 
סָטָנָא, stative emphatic of 
סָטָן.) Hebrew 
שָׂטָן), 
adversary (one who opposes another in purpose or act); the appellation is given to: 
1. the prince of evil spirits, the inveterate adversary of God and of Christ (see 
διάβολος, and in 
πονηρός, 2b.): 
Mark 3:(
Mark 3:23),
Mark 3:26; 
Mark 4:15; 
Luke 10:18; 
Luke 11:18; 
1 Corinthians 5:5; 
2 Corinthians 11:14; 
1 Thessalonians 2:18; 
1 Timothy 1:20; 
Revelation 2:9, 
13, 
24; 
Revelation 3:9; he incites to apostasy from God and to sin, 
Matthew 4:10; 
Mark 1:13; 
Luke 4:8 R L in brackets; 
Luke 22:31; 
Acts 5:3; 
1 Corinthians 7:5; 
2 Corinthians 2:11 (10); 
1 Timothy 5:15; circumventing men by stratagems, 
2 Corinthians 11:14; 
2 Thessalonians 2:9; the worshippers of idols are said to be under his control, 
Acts 26:18; 
Revelation 12:9; he is said both himself 
ἐισέρχεσθαι εἰς τινα, in order to act through him, 
Luke 22:3; 
John 13:27; and by his demons to take possession of the bodies of men and to afflict them with diseases, 
Luke 13:16, cf. 
Matthew 12:26; 
2 Corinthians 12:7; by God's assistance he is overcome, 
Romans 16:20; on Christ's return from heaven he will be bound with chains for a thousand years, but when the thousand years are finished he will walk the earth in yet greater power, 
Revelation 20:2, 
7, but shortly after will be given over to eternal punishment, 
Revelation 20:10. 
2. a Satan-like man: 
Matthew 16:23; 
Mark 8:33. (Cf. Delitzsch in 
Riehm, under the word; 
Schenkel in his BL, under the word; 
Hamburger, Real-Encycl. i., 897f; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, Appendix xiii. § ii.; and 
BB. DD., under the word. 
Dorner System d. Christ. Glaubenslehre, §85, vol. ii. 1 p. 188 sqq.; 
Woldemar Schmidt in Herzog ed. 2, xv. 358 sq.; esp. 
Weser in Stud. u. Krit. for 1882 pp. 284-303.) 
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