Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The profoundly evil adversary of God and humanity, often identified with the leader of the fallen angels; the Devil.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The chief evil spirit; the great adversary of man; the devil. See devil.
- n. Synonyms Apollyon. See definition of Belial.
Wiktionary
- n. religion The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity and rules Hell; the Devil.
- n. religion The same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.
- n. A person or animal regarded as particularly malignant, detestable or evil; used as an epithet or as a name for an animal.
- n. countable A demon follower of Satan (principal evil spirit); a fallen angel.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The grand adversary of man; the Devil, or Prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
Etymologies
- Old English Satan, from Latin Satān, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satan), from Hebrew שָׂטָן (Śāṭān, "adversary, accuser"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin Satān, from Greek Satanas, Satān, from Hebrew śāṭān, devil, adversary, from śāṭan, to accuse, act as adversary; see śṭn in Semitic roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“PS: Firefox 2.0 has a spell checker and it insists that satan not be use in place of Satan.”
“In further _token_ of their subiection unto Satan in yeelding vp themselues wholy vnto his deuotion, behold yet _another ceremony_ heere vsually is performed: namely, _to let themselues bloud_ in some apparant place of the body, yeelding the same to be _sucked by Satan_, as a _sacrifice_ vnto him, and testifying thereby the full”
“One sign declared DWIN WITE U.S.A., a worse spelling error than the 1999 banner—my favorite—that mangled the word Satan to declare: “Down with the Great Stain!””
“Until the Roman Christian era the term Satan had no sinister connotation whatsoever, and in biblical times, members of a political opposition party would have customarily been called “satans””
“The term Satan signifies an adversary, and is applied to any angel sent upon an errand of punishment For example, Numbers xxii.”
The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old
“Thus we see, that the term Satan is in the Old Testament applied to any Angel of the Lord sent upon an errand of punishment.”
The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old
“Ortega "attributed the offenses to his drug and alcohol use in addition to the voice in his head, which he identified as Satan," according to court documents.”
“Judging by past similar affairs with people of his type, pretty soon the name "Satan" is bound to come up in this farce.”
“In the Book of Job, Satan is first designated by name: "Satan,”
“The role of Satan is to operative a tumble by accusations: Since you cannot be perfect, sighs a follower resignedly, afterwards what is a use?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Satan’.
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Ponderable Zoological Names
Wordplay and humor abound in the names and naming of organisms. I believe this sort of play is a distinctly human quality.
Herein I list playful names of organisms that inspire delight...Bambiraptor, Godzillius, Dalailama, Ia io, Cartwrightia cart..., Mops mops, Dives dives dives, Lactarius nonfungus, Lactarius nonpiscis, Achelousaurus hor..., Vini vidivici, Panama canalia and 999 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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RELI - words you immediately associat...
baptism, almighty, Balaam, altar, anoint, archangel, apostle, advent, writings, wonders, timbrel, thorns and 341 more...
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gods (2 syllable)
A list of mythological gods that people have worshipped throughout history (includes primordial dieties).
They can be animate or inanimate (male or female). 2 syllables
Please C...Chaos, Chronos, Gaia, al-lat, Ishtar, Buddha, Shiva, Atlas, Tethys, Kronos, Hera, Ares and 29 more...
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Speak of the Devil
Different names for Old Boy, and other demons that might possess us.
vetala, mara, Lilith, dybbuk, incubus, succubus, bogle, boggart, wendigo, Asmodeus, diabolus, Belial and 45 more...
Tweets
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hernesheir A genus of blind, subterranean, and troglobitic catfish named by Hubbs & Bailey in 1947. Jun 27, 2010