A fun fact about Satan

In the Bible, "The Satan" may not mean quite what you think it means.

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[NewMessage]

"Not today, Satan!"

"... it's THE Satan, to you."

[Midori_Seabreeze]

“It’s not say-tin, it’s THE sah-TAAN.”

~~Probably Hermione

[Serai]

Not quite. The _sheitan_ is a title, like "counselor" for a lawyer. It's applied to the other side in a debate or argument. So the _sheitan_ is basically anyone who's arguing with god or trying to tempt people. So not a "force" but a person who's filling a certain position.

[zpgeypo]

The real satan was the friends we didn't make along the way

[DJKLnificent]

Them looking down while I’m watching this video on the toilet got me paranoid 😅

[Mikeztarp]

"The call is coming from inside the house!"

[zenagitana]

Nowhere in the bible is Satan described as being red with horns. He is actually described as beautiful, as an angel, which is what he was.

[juliav.mcclelland]

I prefer the interpretation that says the title The Accuser of The Adversary means the character was a lawyer.

[JustinMBailey]

“I am evil Sa-Taan…..I am evil Homer…”

[ViniVash]

Mr Satan's (from DBZ) naming just made even more sense.

[sunderedpsyche]

These two should do a podcast, I'd love to listen to their back and fourths

[TheRhuen]

And then we have the Shedim, which weren't necessarily evil other than that they weren't God and people worshipped them as gods. Some weird history later and Shedim was translated to Daimon then to Daemon and eventually becomes demon. But modern ideas of demons rarely are like the Shedim which were really the Jewish reconceptualazation of the gods of other people.

[sniffles]

Fantasy, fairytales, and fiction are so fun.

[mybedroomtv]

doesn't the bible describe satan as a literal angel that fell from heaven for wanting to place his throne above Gods?

[Indie]

What about the Peter Binsfeld classification?

[servnava]

I think people get tripped up because they don't know that Job is a work of fiction. Like it was never meant to be a literal story about how heaven works. It was a fictional story to teach important lessons

[rctecopyright]

The Satan is what I call my smartphone.

[giladmagal]

In the bible it appears as a verb. When balaam goes to curse isreal its writen that he goes "לשטן" but it didnt translate well

[dylansearcy]

The Satan if he had a form would be a charismatic handsome con artist who tempts people

[veronicamcghie]

Isn't Satan only mention in the Bible (not counting Revelation which is dubiously canon at best) like two times? And Hell mentioned once in very vague terms?