Σατᾶν

indeclinable (2 Cor 12:7 R G (Tdf. in 1 Kgs 11:14 accents σαταν (Lagarde leaves it unaccented))), ὁ, and ὁ σατανᾶς (i. e. with the article (except in Mk 3:23; Lk 22:3)), σατανᾶ (cf. Buttmann, 20 (18); Winer's Grammar, § 8, 1) ((Aram. סָטָנָא, stative emphatic of סָטָן.) Hebrew שָׂטָן), adversary (one who opposes another in purpose or act); the appellation is given to:
1. the prince of evil spirits, the inveterate adversary of God and of Christ (see διάβολος, and in πονηρός, 2b.): Mk 3:1,; ; Lk 10:18; Lk 11:18; 1 Cor 5:5; 2 Cor 11:14; 1 Thess 2:18; 1 Tim 1:20; Rev 2:9, Rev 2:13, Rev 2:24; Rev 3:9; he incites to apostasy from God and to sin, Mt 4:10; Mk 1:13; Lk 4:8 R L in brackets; Lk 22:31; Acts 5:3; 1 Cor 7:5; 2 Cor 2:11 (10); 1 Tim 5:15; circumventing men by stratagems, 2 Cor 11:14; 2 Thess 2:9; the worshippers of idols are said to be under his control, Acts 26:18; Rev 12:9; he is said both himself ἐισέρχεσθαι εἰς τινα, in order to act through him, Lk 22:3; Jn 13:27; and by his demons to take possession of the bodies of men and to afflict them with diseases, Lk 13:16, cf. Mt 12:26; 2 Cor 12:7; by God's assistance he is overcome, Rom 16:20; on Christ's return from heaven he will be bound with chains for a thousand years, but when the thousand years are finished he will walk the earth in yet greater power, Rev 20:2, Rev 20:7, but shortly after will be given over to eternal punishment, Rev 20:10.
2. a Satan-like man: Mt 16:23; Mk 8:33. (Cf. Delitzsch in Riehm, under the word; Schenkel in his BL, under the word; Hamburger, Real-Encycl. i., 897f; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, Appendix xiii. § ii.; and BB. DD., under the word.)