HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7009
קִים
qim — adversary
adversary
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Adversary
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6965
קָמָי
qa.may — (Leb)-kamai
Combined with lev (לֵב "Leb" H3820B) § -Kamai = "my adversary" Leb-kamai, i.e., people of Gambulai
586 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4567
Σατανᾶς
Satanas — Satan
Σατανᾶς, -ᾶ (so also Sir 21:30, but in 3Ki.11:14, σατάν indecl.; Heb. שָׂטָן; Aram. סָטָנָא, whence the inflected Gk. form), ό, Satan (i.e. the adversary, as in LXX, ll. with): Mat.4:10 12:26, Mrk.1:13 3:23, 26 4:15 Luk.10:18 11:18 13:16 22:3, 31, Jhn.13:27, Act.5:3 26:18, Rom.16:20, 1Co.5:5 7:5, 2Co.2:11 11:14, 1Th.2:18, 2Th.2:9, 1Ti.1:20 5:15, Rev.2:9, 13 2:24 3:9 12:9 20:2, 7; addressed in person of Peter, Mat.16:23 Mrk.8:33; ἄγγελος Σατανᾶ, 2Co.12:7.† (AS)
33 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7854
שָׂטָן
sa.tan — Satan
This name means adversary, one who withstands 1a) adversary (in general-personal or national) 2) superhuman adversary 2a) Satan (as noun pr)
23 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7853
שָׂטַן
sa.tan — to oppose
(Qal) to be or act as an adversary, resist, oppose
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G476
ἀντίδικος
antidikos — opponent
ἀντίδικος, -ον (δίκη), [in LXX for רִיב ;] as subst., an opponent in a lawsuit, adversary: Mat.5:25, Luk.12:58 18:3, 1Pe.5:8 (Cremer, 696; MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3401
יָרִיב
ya.riv — opponent
contender, opponent, adversary
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6145
עָר
ar — enemy
enemy, adversary, foe Aramaic equivalent: ar (עָר "foe" H6146)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6146
עָר
ar — foe
enemy, adversary, foe Aramaic of ar (עָר "enemy" H6145)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4566
Σατάν
Satan — Satan
Satan , i. e. an adversary, enemy : name for the Devil , (New Testament) Hebr. word. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7223
ἐνδιαβάλλω
endiaballō — to be adversary
to stand as adversary; slander
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9209
στροφή
strophē — a shift and turn
1. a turning , e.g. of a horse, (Xenophon Historicus); ἐν στροφαῖσιν ὀμμάτων with rolling of the eyes, (Euripides) 2. a twist , such as wrestlers make to elude their adversary, (Plato Philosophus):—;metaphorically a trick, dodge , (Aristophanes Comicus) 3. the turning of the Chorus as they danced from right to left of the ὀρχήστρα: the strain sung during this evolution, the strophe , to which the ἀντιστροφή answers. (ML)
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(Heb. satan), an opponent or foe (1 Kings 5:4; 11:14, 23, 25; Luke 13:17); one that speaks against another, a complainant (Matt. 5:25; Luke 12:58); an enemy (Luke 18:3), and specially the devil (1 Pet. 5:8).
Scripture references
1 Kings 5:41 Kings 11:141 Kings 11:231 Kings 11:25Luke 13:17Matthew 5:25Luke 12:58Luke 18:31 Peter 5:8
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.