Sā'tan, n.

(formerly pron. Sāt'an) (Synop., § 130), n. [Heb. sātān, an adversary, from sātan, Ar. shatana, to be adverse, to persecute; Gr. Ζαταν, Ζατανᾶς, Lat. Satanas.] The grand adversary of man; the devil, or prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels, the arch-fiend.