To oppose
שָׂטַןStrong’s H7853satan (sa-tan)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Satan is the Hebrew word usually translated “accuse me”, “accusers my” and “accusers of”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to be or act as an adversary, resist, oppose
How it's translated
- they accuse me 2
- accusers my 2
- accusers of 1
- to accuse him 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 5
- Zechariah 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 38:20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
- Psalms 71:13Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
- Psalms 109:4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
- Psalms 109:20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
- Psalms 109:29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׂטַן satan · to oppose
(Qal) to be or act as an adversary, resist, oppose
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “oppose” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OPPO'SE, verb transitive
s as z. [Latin oppono, opposui. The change of n into s is unusual. Two different verbs may be used, as in Latin fero, tuli. See Pose.]
- To set; against; to put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail, and thus to hinder defeat, destroy or prevent effect; as, to oppose one argument to another.
- To act against; to resist, either by physical means, by arguments or other means.
- To check; to resist effectually.
- To place in front; to set opposite.
All definitions
- To act against, as a competitor.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.