Quick Definition
to oppose
Strong's Definition
to attack, (figuratively) accuse
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (be an) adversary, resist.
TWOT Reference: 2252
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) (Qal) to be or act as an adversary, resist, oppose
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׂטַן (sa.tan) — to oppose. (Qal) to be or act as an adversary, resist, oppose
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שָׂטָן · שִׂטְנָה
Conflict | verb qal
to accuse, to denounce = state in which humans or supernatural beings claim that (other) humans have done wrong
PSA 38:21 · PSA 71:13 · PSA 109:4 · PSA 109:20 · PSA 109:29 · ZEC 3:1
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׂטַן] vb. denom. be or act as adversary base