Definition

an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good

Etymology

from H7853 (שָׂטַן);

Word family

• שָׂטַן sâṭan

How the KJV renders it

• adversary
• Satan
• withstand

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.