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'''Satan''' (Standard Hebrew '''Satan'el''', [[English]] ''accuser'') is a term that originates from the [[Abraham]]ic religions, being traditionally applied to an [[angel]] in Judeo-Christian belief, and to a [[Genie|jinn]] in [[Islamic]] [[belief]].
'''Satan''' (Standard Hebrew '''Satan'el''', [[English]] ''accuser'') is a term that originates from the [[Abraham]]ic religions, being traditionally applied to an [[angel]] in Judeo-Christian belief, and to a [[Genie|jinn]] in [[Islamic]] [[belief]].
The word 'Satan', and the Arabic ''شيطان'' "shaitan", may derive from a Northwest Semitic root ''śṭn'', meaning "to be hostile", "to accuse.[http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/S301.html] An alternative explanation is provided by the Hebrew in |Job|1:7. When [[God]] asks him whence he has come, Satan answers: "From wandering (''mi'ŝuṭ'') the earth and walking on it" (מִשּׁוּט בָּאָרֶץ, וּמֵהִתְהַלֵּךְ בָּה). The root ''ŝuṭ'' signifies wandering on foot or sailing. 'Satan' would thus be "the Wanderer".
The word 'Satan', and the Arabic ''شيطان'' "shaitan", may derive from a Northwest Semitic root ''śṭn'', meaning "to be hostile", "to accuse.[http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/S301.html] An alternative explanation is provided by the Hebrew in |Job|1:7. When [[God]] asks him whence he has come, Satan answers: "From wandering (''mi'ŝuṭ'') the earth and walking on it" (מִשּׁוּט בָּאָרֶץ, וּמֵהִתְהַלֵּךְ בָּה). The root ''ŝuṭ'' signifies wandering on foot or sailing. 'Satan' would thus be "the Wanderer".
'Satan' is שָׂטָן ''Satan'' in Standard Hebrew, ''Śāṭān'' in Tiberian Hebrew, סטנא ''Sāṭānā''' in Aramaic, Σατανάς ''Satanás'' in Koine Greek, شيطان ''Šeytân'' in Persian, شيطان ''Šayṭān'' in Arabic,'Sāyṭān'' in Ge'ez, ''Şeytan'' in Turkish, and شيطان ''Shāitān'' in Urdu.
'Satan' is שָׂטָן ''Satan'' in Standard Hebrew, ''Śāṭān'' in Tiberian Hebrew, סטנא ''Sāṭānā'' in Aramaic, Σατανάς ''Satanás'' in Koine Greek, شيطان ''Šeytân'' in Persian, شيطان ''Šayṭān'' in Arabic,'Sāyṭān'' in Ge'ez, ''Şeytan'' in Turkish, and شيطان ''Shāitān'' in Urdu.
==In Judaism==
==In Judaism==