Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Satan"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Satan
adversary; accuser. When used as a proper name, the Hebrew word
so rendered has the article "the adversary" (Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7).
In the New Testament it is used as interchangeable with
Diabolos, or the devil, and is so used more than thirty times.
He is also called "the dragon," "the old serpent" (Rev. 12:9;
20:2); "the prince of this world" (John 12:31; 14:30); "the
prince of the power of the air" (Eph. 2:2); "the god of this
world" (2 Cor. 4:4); "the spirit that now worketh in the
children of disobedience" (Eph. 2:2). The distinct personality
of Satan and his activity among men are thus obviously
recognized. He tempted our Lord in the wilderness (Matt.
4:1-11). He is "Beelzebub, the prince of the devils" (12:24). He
is "the constant enemy of God, of Christ, of the divine kingdom,
of the followers of Christ, and of all truth; full of falsehood
and all malice, and exciting and seducing to evil in every
possible way." His power is very great in the world. He is a
"roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Pet. 5:8). Men are
said to be "taken captive by him" (2 Tim. 2:26). Christians are
warned against his "devices" (2 Cor. 2:11), and called on to
"resist" him (James 4:7). Christ redeems his people from "him
that had the power of death, that is, the devil" (Heb. 2:14).
Satan has the "power of death," not as lord, but simply as
executioner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Satan \Sa"tan\, n. [Heb. s[=a]t[=a]n an adversary, fr. s[=a]tan
to be adverse, to persecute: cf. Gr. ?, ?, L. Satan,
Satanas.]
The grand adversary of man; the Devil, or Prince of darkness;
the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend.
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. --Luke x.
18.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Satan
n : (Judeo-Christian religion) chief spirit of evil and
adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
[syn: {Satan}, {Old Nick}, {Devil}, {the Devil}, {Lucifer},
{Beelzebub}, {the Tempter}, {Prince of Darkness}]
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