Strong’s H7853 · Hebrew

שָׂטַן
sâṭan
saw-tan'

Definition

to attack, (figuratively) accuse

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • (be an) adversary
  • resist

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.