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Satan

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Sa·tan  (stn)
n.
The profoundly evil adversary of God and humanity, often identified with the leader of the fallen angels; the Devil.

[Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin Satn, from Greek Satanas, Satn, from Hebrew n, devil, adversary, from an, to accuse, act as adversary; see n in Semitic roots.]

Satan [ˈseɪtən]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the devil, adversary of God, and tempter of mankind: sometimes identified with Lucifer (Luke 4:5-8)
[Old English, from Late Latin, from Greek, from Hebrew: plotter, from sātan to plot against]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.SatanSatan - (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism, Islam, Islamism - the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran; "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion"

Satan
noun The Devil, Lucifer, Prince of Darkness, Lord of the Flies, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub, Old Nick (informal), The Evil One, Apollyon, Old Scratch (informal) the schemes of Satan
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fear Satanophobia
Translations
Satan [ˈseɪtn] NSatanás m

Satan [ˈseɪtən] nSatan m

Satan
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Satan [ˈseɪtn] nSatana m
Satan [ˈseɪtn] nSatana m

Satan
n Satan [ˈseitən]
the Devil; the spirit of evil. Satan شَيْطان، إبْليس сатана satan Satan der Satan σατανάς Satanás saatan شيطان saatana Satan הַשָׂטָן शैतान, चिशाचनाथ sotona, vrag sátán setan satan Satana 悪魔 사탄 šėtonas sātans syaitan satan satan, djevelen szatan Satanás Satana, Diavolul сатана satan satan satana Satan ซาตาน; วิญญาณร้าย şeytan 撒旦,魔鬼,惡魔 сатана شیطان quỷ Xa- Tăng
adj satanic [səˈtӕnik, (American ) sei-]
satanies شَيْطاني، إبْليسي сатанински satanský satanisk satanisch σατανικός satánico saatanlik شيطاني paholaismainen satanique שְטָנִי शैतानी, पैशाचिक, अतिदुष्ट vražji, pakleni sátáni seperti setan satans-, djöfullegur satanico 悪魔の 악마 같은 šėtoniškas sātanisks seperti syaitan satanisch satanisk, diabolsk sataniczny satânico sa­ta­nic сатанинский satanský satanski satanski satanisk, djävulsk เหมือนปิศาจ şeytanî, şeytanca 撒旦的,邪惡的 сатанинський شیطانی thuộc quỷ Xa-Tăng, quỷ quái


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Then Satan asks who will help him to tempt mankind to do wrong.
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