Satan

See also: satan, sátán, såtan, Sátán, Satán, Sátan, Satàn, and Satān

Translingual

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew שָׂטָן‎ (satán). Named by ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs, who had a predilection for using references to Hell in the naming of cave fish. Compare Ophisternon infernale, another cave fish named by Hubbs.

Proper noun

Satan m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ictaluridae – the widemouth blindcat.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class; Ostariophysi - superorder; Siluriformes - order; Ictaluridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Satan eurystomus - sole known species

References

• Widemouth blindcat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Satan on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ictaluridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Satan on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Satan at World Register of Marine Species
• Satan at Fishbase

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English

Gustave Doré′s Depiction of Satan, the antagonist (debated protagonist) of John Milton's Paradise Lost.

Alternative forms

• satan (especially the common noun sense)
• Satanas
• Sathan (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English Sathan, Satan, from Old English Satan, from Latin Satān, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן‎ (satán, “adversary, accuser”). Doublet of shaitan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪtən/
• Rhymes: -eɪtən
• Homophone: seitan

Proper noun

Satan

1. (religion) The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity and rules Hell; the Devil; (in Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan

   • 1997, Martin Schuldiner, Puritan Casuistry, Martin Schuldiner (editor), The Tayloring Shop: Essays on the Poetry of Edward Taylor in Honor of Thomas M. and Virginia L. Davis, page 125:

     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.

   • 1998, Wendy Griswold, 8: The Devil, social change, and Jacobean theatre, Philip Smith (editor), The New American Cultural Sociology, page 127:

     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.

   • 2005, John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame That Binds You, page 2:

     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).

   Many Satanists reject the notion that Satan is bad.

2. (religion, LaVeyan Satanism) The personification or symbol of pride, carnality, and liberty.
3. A person or animal regarded as particularly malignant, detestable, or evil; used as an epithet or as a name for an animal.

Related terms

• Satanism, Satanist, LaVeyan Satanist, Luciferian

Derived terms

• Great Satan
• LaVeyan Satanism

Translations

the Devil

• Afrikaans: Satan
• Aghwan: 𐕚𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕎𐔰𐔺 (saṭanay)
• Albanian: djall (sq), dreq (sq)
• Arabic: الشَّيْطَان‎ m (aš-šayṭān), إِبْلِيس‎ (ar) m (ʾiblīs)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܣܛܢܐ‎ m (sāṭānā)

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: סָטָנָא‎ m (sāṭānā)

• Armenian: սատանա (hy) (satana)

  Old Armenian: սատանայ (satanay)

• Aromanian: sãtãnã
• Assamese: চৈতান (soitan)
• Azerbaijani: Şеytаn
• Bashkir: шайтан (šaytan)
• Basque: Satan
• Belarusian: Сатана́ m (Sataná), сатана́ m (sataná)
• Bengali: শয়তান (śôẏtan)
• Bulgarian: Сатана́ m (Sataná), сатана́ (bg) m (sataná)
• Burmese: စာတန် (catan)
• Catalan: Satanàs m
• Chechen: шайтӏа (šajṭa)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 撒但 (saat³ daan⁶), 撒旦 (saat³ daan³), 撒殫, 撒殚 (saat³ daan¹) (Catholic)

  Hakka: 撒但 (Sat-than), 撒旦 (Sat-tan)

  Mandarin: 撒但 (zh) (Sādàn), 撒旦 (zh) (Sādàn), 撒殫 (zh), 撒殚 (zh) (Sādān) (Catholic)

  Min Nan: 撒但 (Sat-tàn), 撒旦 (Sat-tàn), Sa-tán

• Chuvash: Шуйтан (Šujt̬an)
• Crimean Tatar: шейтан (şeytan)
• Czech: Satan
• Danish: Satan (da), Fanden
• Dutch: Satan (nl)
• Esperanto: Satano (eo)
• Estonian: Saatan
• Faroese: Sátan m
• Finnish: Saatana (fi), paholainen (fi)
• French: Satan (fr) m
• Friulian: Satane
• Galician: Satanás, Satán
• Georgian: სატანა (saṭana)
• German: (der) Satan (de) m, Teufel (de) m
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌰 m (satana), 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃 m (satanas)
• Greek: Σατανάς (el) m (Satanás)

  Ancient: Σατάν m (Satán), Σατᾶν m (Satân), Σατανᾶς m (Satanâs)

• Greenlandic: Ajortorsuaq, Saatani
• Hebrew: שָׂטָן‎ (he) m (satán)
• Hindi: शैतान (hi) m (śaitān), इबलीस (hi) m (iblīs)
• Hungarian: Sátán (hu)
• Icelandic: Satan
• Ido: Satano (io)
• Indonesian: Setan (id)
• Irish: Sátan m
• Italian: Satana (it) m
• Japanese: サタン (satan)
• Kalmyk: шулм m (şulm), чөткр m (çötkr)
• Kazakh: сайтан (saitan), шайтан (şaitan)
• Khmer: សាតាំង (km) (saatang), បិសាច (km) (bəysaac)
• Korean: 사탄 (ko) (satan)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: شەیتان‎ (şeytan)

  Laki: شەێتان‎ (şeÿtan)

  Northern Kurdish: Şeytan (ku), şeytan (ku) m

  Southern Kurdish: شەێتان‎ (şeÿtan)

• Kyrgyz: шайтан (ky) (şaytan)
• Lao: ຊາຕານ (sā tān)
• Latin: diabolus (la) m, Satan m, Satanas m
• Latvian: Sātans m
• Lithuanian: Šėtonas
• Malay: Syaitan
• Maltese: Satana, xitan m
• Maori: Hātana
• Marathi: सैतान (saitān)
• Navajo: Séítan, Biʼiiníziinii
• Northern Sami: Sáhtán
• Norwegian: Satan (no)
• Occitan: Satan
• Old Church Slavonic: Сатана (Satana)
• Old Occitan: Diable
• Old Portuguese: demo, satanas, Locifer
• Pashto: شيطان‎ (ps) m (šaytãn)
• Persian: شیطان‎ (fa) (šaytân)
• Plautdietsch: Soton m
• Polish: Szatan (pl) m
• Portuguese: Satanás (pt) m, Satã
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ੈਤਾਨ (pa) (śaitān)
• Romanian: Satan m, satană (ro) f, diavol (ro) m, drac (ro) m
• Russian: Сатана́ (ru) m (Sataná), сатана́ (ru) m (sataná)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сатана m, Сото̀на m, Шејтан m

  Roman: Satana (sh) m, Sotòna (sh) m, Šejtan m

• Shughni: شەێتان (شەێتان)
• Silesian: Szatan
• Sinhalese: සාතන් (sātan)
• Slovak: Satan
• Slovene: Satan
• Spanish: Satanás (es) m, Satán (es) m
• Swahili: Shetani, Ibilisi
• Swedish: Satan (sv)
• Sylheti: ꠡꠄꠔꠣꠘ (śoetan)
• Tajik: шайтон (tg) (šayton)
• Tamil: சாத்தான் (ta) (cāttāṉ)
• Tatar: шайтан (tt) (şaytan)
• Telugu: షైతాన్ (ṣaitān)
• Thai: ซาตาน (saa-dtaan)
• Turkish: Şeytan (tr), şeytan (tr)
• Turkmen: şeýtan
• Udmurt: шайтан (šajtan)
• Ukrainian: Сатана́ m (Sataná), сатана́ m (sataná)
• Urdu: شیطان‎ m (śaitān)
• Urum: Шейтан (Şeytan)
• Uyghur: شەيتان‎ (sheytan)
• Uzbek: shayton (uz)
• Veps: Soton
• Vietnamese: Satan
• Volapük: el Satanas
• Xhosa: USathane
• Yiddish: שׂטן‎ m (sotn), סאָטן‎ m (sotn)
• Zazaki: Şeytan

Noun

Satan (plural Satans)

1. (countable) A demon follower of Satan (principal evil spirit); a fallen angel.
   • 1992, Clinton E. Arnold, Powers of Darkness: Principalities & Powers in Paul′s Letters, page 67,

     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.

   • 2007, Abdullah Yusuf Ali (translator), M. A. H. Eliyasee (Roman script transliteration), Osman Taha (Arabic script), The Qur′an, II, 102,^{[in other editions, 96]} 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.

Translations

a devil

• Finnish: saatana (fi), piru (fi)
• German: (ein) Satan (de) m, Teufel (de) m

• Latin: diabolus (la) m, satan m, satanas m

See also

• Abaddon
• Al-Shaytaan
• Apollyon
• cosmocrat
• Kroni

References

• Smith′s Bible Dictionary - Satan
• Easton′s Bible Dictionary - Satan

Anagrams

• Santa, antas, asant, naats, taans, tanas

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Basque

Etymology

Eventually from Latin Satan, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן‎ (śāṭān, “adversary, accuser”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺atan/, [s̺a.t̪ãn]

Proper noun

Satan anim

1. Satan, the Devil

Declension

Declension of Satan (animate, ending in consonant)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	Satan	—	—
ergative	Satanek	—	—
dative	Satani	—	—
genitive	Satanen	—	—
comitative	Satanekin	—	—
causative	Satanengatik	—	—
benefactive	Satanentzat	—	—
instrumental	Satanez	—	—
inessive	Satanengan	—	—
locative	—	—	—
allative	Satanengana	—	—
terminative	Satanenganaino	—	—
directive	Satanenganantz	—	—
destinative	Satanenganako	—	—
ablative	Satanengandik	—	—
partitive	Satanik	—	—
prolative	Satantzat	—	—

See also

• satan
• txerren
• deabru
• Antikristo

Further reading

• Satan in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “Satan” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.tɑ̃/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Satan m

1. Satan

Derived terms

• satanisme
• sataniste
• suppôt de Satan

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German

Alternative forms

• Satanas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaːtan/
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Noun

Satan m (strong, genitive Satans, plural Satane)

1. (singular only, religion) Satan, the Devil
2. a satan, a devil

Declension

Declension of Satan [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Satan	die	Satane
genitive	eines	des	Satans	der	Satane
dative	einem	dem	Satan	den	Satanen
accusative	einen	den	Satan	die	Satane

Synonyms

• Teufel

Further reading

• “Satan” in Duden online
• “Satan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן‎ (Śāṭān, “adversary, accuser”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.tan/, [ˈs̠ät̪än]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.tan/, [ˈsäːt̪än]

Proper noun

Satan m (indeclinable)

1. Satan, the Devil

Synonyms

• Satanās

References

• Satan in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Middle English

Proper noun

Satan

1. Alternative form of Sathan

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Swedish

Proper noun

Satan c (genitive Satans)

1. the devil

Usage notes

Traditionally not capitalized. See satan.

Related terms

• satanisk
• satanism
• satanist
• satanistisk
• satanskult

References

• On capitalization, from TT

Anagrams

• anats, ansat, antas