noun · masculine
satanos
Strong’sG4567
an adversary, Satan
stem satan-36 times in the New Testamentin 12 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Satan, the proper name of the devil, understood as meaning "the adversary" or "accuser" 123. The Greek word transliterates a Hebrew/Aramaic term for an adversary or opponent 13, and in Greek usage it came to denote the chief of the evil spirits, the Devil 34. It is used throughout the New Testament as a name, including once addressed to Peter, and in the phrase "a messenger/angel of Satan" 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Σατανᾶς, -ᾶ
(so also Sir 21:30, but in III Ki 11:14, σατάν indecl.; Heb. שָׂטָן; Aram. סָטָנָא, whence the inflected Gk. form), ό,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4567 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsat-an-as'
the accuser, i.e. the devil
Fromof Chaldee origin corresponding to (with the definite affix);
King JamesSatan.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
or Σατᾶν, ὁ, “Satan”, Hebrew word for adversary, opponent, LXX; translated by ἐπίβουλος in LXX; also accuser, translated by ὁ διάβολος in LXX:—hence as chief of the evil spirits, the Devil, NT (indeclinable, as genitive); also Σᾰτᾰνᾶς, ᾶ, ὁ, LXX, frequently in NT, NT:— adjective Σατανικός, ή, όν, Refs 6th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | satanos17×Σατανᾶς | satanois |
| object accusative | satanon4×Σατανᾶν | satanoin |
| direct address vocative | satanor3×Σατανᾶ | satanoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | satanou10×Σατανᾶ | satanoiu |
| to, for dative | satano2×Σατανᾷ | satanoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
satano is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
36 occurrences, every one of them listed
satanos“Satan”subjectnominative singular17×
Matthew 12:26kai ei tos Satanos ton Satanon ekbalatō, epi heauton merizita; …If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How …
Mark 3:23… en parabolai legate autoi; Pōs dunotō Satanos Satanon ekbalarō?… to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
Mark 3:26kai ei tos Satanos anastēata epi heauton kai merizita, ouk …And if Satan is divided and rises against himself …
Mark 4:15… kai hotan akoualeia euthuos erchotō tos Satanos kai airatō ton logon ton sperorēnton …… As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word …
Luke 11:18ei de kai tos Satanos epi heauton diamerizita, pōs stēiti tas …If Satan is divided against himself, how can …
Luke 13:16… thugatran Abraam arōntan, han data tos Satanos idou deka kai oktō eteim, ouk …… not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long …
Luke 22:3Eiserchata de Satanos eis Ioudon ton kalorōnton Iskariōton, arōnton …Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one …
Luke 22:31Simōnor Simōnor, idou tos Satanos exaiteta vin teu siniazara hōs ton …Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of …
John 13:27… psōmiem tote eiserchata eis ekeinon tos Satanos. legatō oun auto tos Iēsus; Hem …… when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said …
Acts 5:3… Petros; Hananior, dia tinem plērata tos Satanos tan kardian su, pseudera sin tem …… said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie …
1 Corinthians 7:5… aveiō, hina mē peirazateiō vin tos Satanos dia tan akrasian vu.… Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your …
2 Corinthians 11:14kai ouk thaumem, autos gar tos Satanos metaschēmatizotō eis angelon fōteu;And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of …
1 Thessalonians 2:18… kai dis, kai enkoptata nin tos Satanos.… Paul, tried again and again — but Satan obstructed us.
Revelation 2:13… hos apoktenita para vi, hopou tos Satanos katoikatō.… who was killed among you where Satan dwells.
Revelation 12:9… archaios, tos kalorōntos Diabolos kai tos Satanos, tos planarōntos tan oikoumenan holan balita …… ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world …
Revelation 20:2… archaios, hos atō Diabolos kai tos Satanos, kai data auton chilioi eteim,… serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand …
Revelation 20:7… teliteia teim chilioi eteim, luiti tos Satanos ek tau fulakau autou,When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,
satanon“Satan”objectaccusative singular4×
Matthew 12:26kai ei tos Satanos ton Satanon ekbalatō, epi heauton merizita; pōs oun …If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided …
Mark 3:23… parabolai legate autoi; Pōs dunotō Satanos Satanon ekbalarō?… parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
Luke 10:18legata de autoi; Theōrame ton Satanon hōs astrapan ek tou ouranou piptaranton.So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
Romans 16:20… de theos tau eirēnau suntribati ton Satanon hupo toin podoin vu en tache. …… God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of …
satanor“Satan”direct addressvocative singular3×
Matthew 4:10tote legatō auto tos Iēsus; Hupagasōr, Satanor; grafotē gar; Kurion ton theon su …“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus told him. “For it is …
Matthew 16:23… legata to Petro; Hupagasōr opisō mu, Satanor; skandalem asō mu, hoti ouk fronasō …… said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to …
Mark 8:33… Petro kai legatō; Hupagasōr opisō mu, Satanor, hoti ouk fronasō teim tou theou …… Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not have in …
satanou“Satan”of, belonging togenitive singular10×
Mark 1:13… erēma tesserakonta hēmerain peirazorōntos hupo tou Satanou, kai ate meta teiu thēreiu, kai …… for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals …
Acts 26:18… eis fōtem kai tau exousiau tou Satanou epi ton theon, teu labara autoin …… light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive …
2 Corinthians 2:11hina mē pleonektineia hupo tou Satanou, ouk gar autou teim noēmeim agnoanō.in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we …
2 Corinthians 12:7… dōita mi skolopos ta sarka, angelos Satanou, hina min kolafizateiō, hina mē huperairomeiō.… in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
2 Thessalonians 2:9… atō tas parousias kata energeian tou Satanou en panta dunamia kai sēmei kai …… be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign …
1 Timothy 5:15ēdē gar tinais ektrapila opisō tou Satanou.… have already turned aside to follow Satan.
Revelation 2:9… kai ouk alō, alla sunagōgas tou Satanou.… are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 2:13“Satan’s”… pou katoikasō, hopou tos thronos tou Satanou, kai kratasō tem onomem mu, kai …I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of …
Revelation 2:24… hotinois ouk gnōskala teim bathueim tou Satanou, hōs legalō, ouk balamō epi vin …… learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden …
Revelation 3:9idou dōameiō ek tau sunagōgau tou Satanou, toiu legarōntoiu heautoin Ioudaioin arō, kai …… who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but …
satano“Satan”to, fordative singular2×
1 Corinthians 5:5paradōara ton toiouton to Satano eis olethron tau sarkau, hina tem …hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh …
1 Timothy 1:20… Humenaios kai Alexandros, hoin paradōama to Satano hina paideuileia mē blasfēmarō.… whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.