From Middle English Sathan, Satan, from Old English Satan, from Latin Satan, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן (satán, “adversary, accuser”). Compare Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “satan, devil”). Doublet of shaitan and shetani.
Meanings
(countable) A demon follower of Satan (principal evil spirit); a fallen angel.
This literature refers to a major figurehead of evil called “Satan,” the leader of a group of angels also referred to as “Satans.” These Satans accuse people and lead them astray. 1992, Clinton E. Arnold, Powers of Darkness: Principalities & Powers in Paul′s Letters, page 67:
2007, Abdullah Yusuf Ali (translator), M. A. H. Eliyasee (Roman script transliteration), Osman Taha (Arabic script), The Qur′an, II, 102, page 15,
They followed what the Satans recited over Solomon′s Kingdom. Solomon did not disbelieve but Satans disbelieved, teaching men magic, and such things as came down at Babylon to the angels Hārūt and Mārūt.
Anything that causes destruction or is viewed as evil.
The most of these, such as various kinds of grasshoppers, leaf hoppers, butterflies, etc., are not peculiar to the clovers, while others do but little damage and need not be mentioned here. In a contest with any of them, the farmer is to a great extent powerless on account of their wide distribution and incredible capacity of increase in a very short period of time, and must rely, in his controversy with these satans, on improved methods of rotation, and on their natural enemies, the parasites, which by a wise and merciful dispensation of the Giver of all good, in due time, always hold them in check and prevent the total destruction of the crop. 1898, Henry Wallace, Clover Farming, Des Moines, Iowa: Wallace Publishing Company, page 136:
Hrothgar and his eldermen lived happily in Hereot Hall until the day that Grendel, a living fiend out of Hell, a Satan who ruled over swamps and marshes, came stalking toward them. 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 21:
la satan (a devil) · la satanas (a devil) · la diabolus (a devil) · fi piru (a devil) · nl satan (a devil) · fi saatana (a devil) · de Satan (a devil) · de Teufel (a devil)
From Middle English Sathan, Satan, from Old English Satan, from Latin Satan, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן (satán, “adversary, accuser”). Compare Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “satan, devil”). Doublet of shaitan and shetani.
Meanings
The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin; the Devil; (Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.
Many Satanists reject the notion that Satan is bad.
Biblical scholars tell us that the idea of a purely evil being like the Devil or Satan was a late development in the Bible. In the book of Job, Satan was the heavenly district attorney whose job it was to test the faith of those who, like Job, were specially blessed. / During the Persian conquest of the Israelites, the Satan of Job became fused with the Zoroastrian dualistic theology adopted by the Persians, where two opposing forces, one of good, Ahura Mazda, the Supreme Creator deity, was in a constant battle with Ahriman, the absolute god of evil. This polarized dualism was present in the theology of the Essenes and took hold in Christianity where God and his Son Jesus were in constant battle with the highest fallen angel, Satan, for human souls. This dualism persists today only in fundamentalist religions (Muslim terrorists, the Taliban, the extreme Christian Right and a major part of evangelical Christianity). 2005, John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame That Binds You, page 2:
The conventional role of Satan in English mystery plays was the Trickster archetype adapted for a theatre that was both popular and religious but constrained by traditional Christian theology. / The Satan of the mystery plays was a Trickster, but a dignified one. 1998, Wendy Griswold, “8: The Devil, social change, and Jacobean theatre”, in Philip Smith, editor, The New American Cultural Sociology, page 127:
Would you two please draw in a little closer? / No — no, that’s not a smile there. That’s a grin. / Satan, what ails you? Where’s the famous tongue, / Thou onetime Prince of Conversationists? 1945, Robert Frost, A Masque of Reason:
Having been captured by the forces of Christ, the souls are now attacked for the first time by their former captain in “Satans Rage at them in their Conversion.″ Satan′s basic line of attack is to accuse the souls of being unreliable converts. Just as the souls turned from Satan to Christ, so too they will turn back again when it suits them, says Satan. 1997, Martin Schuldiner, “Puritan Casuistry”, in Martin Schuldiner, editor, The Tayloring Shop: Essays on the Poetry of Edward Taylor in Honor of Thomas M. and Virginia L. Davis, page 125:
And he shewed me Ioshua the high Priest, standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. / And the Lord said vnto Satan; The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan, euen the Lord that hath chosen Ierusalem rebuke thee. Is not this a brand pluckt out of the fire? 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Zechariah 3:1–2:
Conversational journaling isn't for everyone, but it can be both exciting and rewarding. The key is to listen to the three voices in your head and be sure you can identify which one is yours, which one is God's, and which one is evil, Satan, the dark side, or whatever you call those forces that would deceive your spirit and soul. 2005, William Tenny-Brittian, “The Joy of Journaling”, in Prayer for People Who Can't Sit Still, Chalice Press, →ISBN, page 22:
(countable) A person or animal regarded as particularly malignant, detestable, or evil; used as an epithet or as a name for an animal.
'Cause I finished with him, so I just felt kind of relieved and empowered afterwards, you know? He was tryin' to dilute my squash, and I was like, "Not today, Satan." 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Yas (Vivian Oparah):
ur شَیطان (the Devil) · fa-cls شَیْطَان (the Devil) · tk şeýtan (the Devil) · pnb شَیطان (the Devil) · sh Шејтан (the Devil) · tpw Anhanga (the Devil) · cv Шуйтан (the Devil) · nb Satan (the Devil) · sdh شەێتان (the Devil) · sh Сатана (the Devil) · roa-opt satanas (the Devil) · yue 撒但 (the Devil) · ota شیطان (the Devil) · tr şeytan (the Devil) · fa-cls اِبْلِیس (the Devil) · id Setan (the Devil) · kk шайтан (the Devil) · xal чөткр (the Devil) · sk Satan (the Devil) · fa-ira شِیْطان (the Devil) · gd An Sàtan (the Devil) · uz shayton (the Devil) · ca Satanàs (the Devil) · arc סָטָנָא (the Devil) · bg Сатана́ (the Devil) · pa ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ (the Devil) · ga An tAinspiorad (the Devil) · syc ܣܛܢܐ (the Devil) · got 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌰 (the Devil) · et Saatan (the Devil) · cu Сатана (the Devil) · ru сатана́ (the Devil) · tt шайтан (the Devil) · ko 사탄 (the Devil) · ar الشَّيْطَان (the Devil) · xal шулм (the Devil) · zza Şeytan (the Devil) · yi שׂטן (the Devil) · nv biʼiiníziinii (the Devil) · de Teufel (the Devil) · eo Satano (the Devil) · my စာတန် (the Devil) · rup sãtãnã (the Devil) · sq dreq (the Devil) · sh Сото̀на (the Devil) · kl Ajortorsuaq (the Devil) · lt Šėtonas (the Devil) · el Σατανάς (the Devil) · hi शैतान (the Devil) · kl Saatani (the Devil) · es Satán (the Devil) · ms Syaitan (the Devil) · kmr şeytan (the Devil) · ug شەيتان (the Devil) · gl Satanás (the Devil) · grc Σατᾶν (the Devil) · sgh شەێتان (the Devil) · uk сатана́ (the Devil) · ba шайтан (the Devil) · sh Satana (the Devil) · ky шайтан (the Devil) · ar إِبْلِيس (the Devil) · mww Ntxwg-nyoog (the Devil) · pt Satã (the Devil) · crh шейтан (the Devil) · ce шайтӏа (the Devil) · xag 𐕚𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕎𐔰𐔺 (the Devil) · got 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃 (the Devil) · ia Satan (the Devil) · sw Shetani (the Devil) · te షైతాన్ (the Devil) · pro Diable (the Devil) · pt Satanás (the Devil) · xcl սատանայ (the Devil) · de Satan (the Devil) · nan-hbl 撒旦 (the Devil) · hi इबलीस (the Devil) · es Satanás (the Devil) · sv Satan (the Devil) · lv Sātans (the Devil) · mt xitan (the Devil) · sw Ibilisi (the Devil) · roa-opt demo (the Devil) · fo Sátan (the Devil) · uk Сатана́ (the Devil) · ka სატანა (the Devil) · hak 撒但 (the Devil) · tr Şeytan (the Devil) · tg шайтон (the Devil) · ro diavol (the Devil) · xh USathane (the Devil) · szl Szatan (the Devil) · ga Sátan (the Devil) · nv Séítan (the Devil) · km បិសាច (the Devil) · mt Satana (the Devil) · kmr Şeytan (the Devil) · hy սատանա (the Devil) · ta சாத்தான் (the Devil) · grc Σατανᾶς (the Devil) · la Satanas (the Devil) · eu Satan (the Devil) · nrf Lé Dgiâbl'ye (the Devil) · be сатана́ (the Devil) · oc Satan (the Devil) · th ซาตาน (the Devil) · pdt Soton (the Devil) · vo el Satanas (the Devil) · roa-opt Locifer (the Devil) · syl ꠡꠄꠔꠣꠘ (the Devil) · da Satan (the Devil) · udm шайтан (the Devil) · km សាតាំង (the Devil) · mr सैतान (the Devil) · pam Satanas (the Devil) · bg сатана́ (the Devil) · is Satan (the Devil) · cmn 撒旦 (the Devil) · nv Níłchʼi Bidaʼiiníziinii Binantʼaʼí (the Devil) · sq djall (the Devil) · yue 撒旦 (the Devil) · hak 撒旦 (the Devil) · chr ᏎᏓᏂ (the Devil) · ur اِبْلِیس (the Devil) · sl Satan (the Devil) · grc Σατάν (the Devil) · ru Сатана́ (the Devil) · fr Satan (the Devil) · tpw Îurupari (the Devil) · si සාතන් (the Devil) · it Satana (the Devil) · fa-ira اِبْلیس (the Devil) · nan-hbl Sa-tán (the Devil) · ro Satan (the Devil) · yi סאָטן (the Devil) · vep Soton (the Devil) · lo ຊາຕານ (the Devil) · af Satan (the Devil) · ckb شەیتان (the Devil) · nan-hbl 撒但 (the Devil) · yue 撒殫 /撒殚 (the Devil) · lki شەێتان (the Devil) · vi Sa-tăng (the Devil) · fur Satane (the Devil) · gl Satán (the Devil) · vi Sa-tan (the Devil) · cmn 撒但 (the Devil) · fi paholainen (the Devil) · vo Satän (the Devil) · he שָׂטָן (the Devil) · nrf Satan (the Devil) · bn শয়তান (the Devil) · la diabolus (the Devil) · hu Sátán (the Devil) · fi Saatana (the Devil) · ro drac (the Devil) · be Сатана́ (the Devil) · vi Xa-tan (the Devil) · se Sáhtán (the Devil) · da Fanden (the Devil) · ro satană (the Devil) · ps شيطان (the Devil) · ja サタン (the Devil) · cs satan (the Devil) · az Şеytаn (the Devil) · kk сайтан (the Devil) · la Satan (the Devil) · sh Šejtan (the Devil) · cmn 撒殫 /撒殚 (the Devil) · mi Hātana (the Devil) · as চৈতান (the Devil) · uum Шейтан (the Devil) · sh Sotòna (the Devil) · pl Szatan (the Devil) · io Satano (the Devil) · nl Satan (the Devil) · mww Dab Ntxwg-nyoog (the Devil)