satan · oppose, accuse

What it means

satan (שָׂטַן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “oppose, accuse”.

To oppose, to accuse: to set oneself against someone. "Satan", "the adversary", comes from this root.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Stand against someone, bring charges.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• accusers ×2
• accuse him ×1
• oppose me ×1
• they accuse me ×1
• those who accuse ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Psalms×5
• Zechariah×1

• Psalms 38:20

  And those who repay evil for good oppose me because I pursue good.

• Psalms 71:13

  Let them be ashamed, let them be consumed, those who accuse my soul; let them be covered with reproach and humiliation, those who seek my harm.

• Psalms 109:4

  In return for my love they accuse me; but I, prayer.

• Psalms 109:20

  This is the wages of my accusers from YHWH, and of those who speak evil against my soul.

• Psalms 109:29

  Let my accusers be clothed with humiliation, and let them wrap themselves as in a robe in their shame.

• Zechariah 3:1

  And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of YHWH, and the Satan standing at his right to accuse him.