2007-04-18 09:24:01 · 13 answers · asked by STORMY K 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Satan
· n. the Devil; Lucifer.
– ORIGIN OE, via late L. and Gk from Heb. lit. ‘adversary’, from ‘plot against’.
2007-04-18 09:38:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Hebrew word "stn" or "satan" means adversary. It is used throughout the Old Testament. Often God is described as sending an adversary (satan) or becoming an adversary (satan), which comes as a surprise to most Christians who have never read the Bible in Hebrew.
The word satan was first used as a proper noun ("ha'satan" or "the satan") in the book of Job. Satan as a figure also appears in Zachariah. It is interesting to note, however, that prior to the Babylonian captivity, God did not have an "evil" counterpart called Satan. This idea of was borrowed from Zoroastrianism.
In the earliest written books of the Bible, both good and evil came from God. This explains why in the book of Samuel, God commands David to number the people of Israel, but in the retelling of the same story in Chronicles, written much later, it is said that Satan tricked David into numbering Israel.
2007-04-18 16:33:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name first appears in Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
The person shows up as early as Genesis 3.
2007-04-18 16:30:53 · answer #3 · answered by Bye Bye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The oldest book in the Bible is the book of Job.
No one knows how old this book is.
However Satan is mentioned in The first chapter.
Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.
2007-04-18 16:29:46 · answer #4 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a Hebrew word that meant 'anti'. It is used in 'The Book of Job' but it was speaking of an anti-human angel, not anti-God. There's even a verse in Isaiah 45 where God says He created good AND evil. The OT does not credit a specific deity for controlling/tempting people. When the NT was changed to Greek, the word 'satan' was incorrectly (on purpose or not-?) translated as the anti-God creature it is known as now. Lucifer was the name of a Babylonian king but was told to be the fallen angel.
2007-04-18 16:42:55 · answer #5 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa had twin alter ego brother. Santa is everything nice and Satan is everything evil.
Notice how Santa & Satan have the same letters! Think thats a coincedence?
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2007-04-18 16:30:08 · answer #6 · answered by TLG 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan, from the Hebrew word for "adversary"
2007-04-18 16:28:32 · answer #7 · answered by J G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan just means Adversary. I believe it's Hebraic.
2007-04-18 16:28:25 · answer #8 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok this name is arbic case satan come from the word shetan but it have some changes when it come to english
2007-04-19 13:05:35 · answer #9 · answered by Eng. Amr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gee, and I thought it cam from the Rolling Stones Song.
2007-04-18 16:30:16 · answer #10 · answered by heThatDoesNotWantToBeNamed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋