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Satan is a name for the Devil: the main evil power, and the one who stands against God, in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim teaching. English it with a capital S because it is treated as a name, like a person.
Satan Satan is a name是一個名字 for the Devil指魔鬼: the main evil power最主要的邪惡力量, and而且是 the one who stands against God跟神作對的那一個, in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim teaching在猶太教、基督宗教和伊斯蘭教的教義裡。English英文 writes it with a capital S把它的字首S大寫 because因為 it is treated as a name它被當成一個名字, like a person就像人名一樣。
The older meaning of the Hebrew word is “” or “” — someone who stands against you — and that idea is still inside the name, though actually many people just hear “the bad one” and stop there.
The older meaning of the Hebrew word希伯來文這個字比較舊的意思 is是 "adversary" or "accuser"「adversary」或「accuser」 — someone who stands against you也就是跟你作對的人 — and而 that idea這個概念 is still inside the name仍然在這個名字裡面, though actually不過其實 many people很多人 just hear "the bad one" and stop there只聽到「the bad one」就沒有再想下去。
In churches and in serious talk, Satan is this figure. In loose talk, someone might call a naughty child “a little Satan,” which is stretching the word for humour or anger; it does not mean they think the child is the Devil.
In churches and in serious talk在教會裡和正式的談話中, Satan Satan is指的就是 this figure這個角色。In loose talk在比較隨便的說法裡, someone有人 might call a naughty child可能會把調皮的小孩叫做 "a little Satan,"「a little Satan」, which is stretching the word這是在延伸這個字的用法 for humour or anger帶著幽默或生氣的意思; it它 does not mean並不是說 they think the child is the Devil他們真的認為這個小孩是魔鬼。
Films and games use the name to make things feel dark. Different faiths do not tell the story in exactly the same way, so a tidy one-line picture is tidier than real life.
Films and games電影和遊戲 use the name用這個名字 to make things feel dark讓東西感覺陰暗。Different faiths不同的信仰 do not tell the story in exactly the same way說故事的方式不完全一樣, so所以 a tidy one-line picture一句話講完的簡單畫面 is tidier than real life比真實情況更整齊乾淨。
組成From Middle English Sathan / Satan, from Old English Satan, from Latin Satan, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן (satán, “adversary, accuser”) and Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “satan, devil”). It is a doublet of shaitan.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Satanname/ˈseɪ.tən/
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lifestylereligionThe supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin; the Devil; (Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.
- Many Satanists reject the notion that Satan is bad.
- And he shewed me Ioshua the high Priest, standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. / And the Lord said vnto Satan; The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan, euen the Lord that hath chosen Ierusalem rebuke thee. Is not this a brand pluckt out of the fire?
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A person or animal regarded as particularly malignant, detestable, or evil; used as an epithet or as a name for an animal.
- 'Cause I finished with him, so I just felt kind of relieved and empowered afterwards, you know? He was tryin' to dilute my squash, and I was like, "Not today, Satan."
Satannoun/ˈseɪ.tən/
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A demon follower of Satan (principal evil spirit); a fallen angel.
- This literature refers to a major figurehead of evil called “Satan,” the leader of a group of angels also referred to as “Satans.” These Satans accuse people and lead them astray.
- 2007, Abdullah Yusuf Ali (translator), M. A. H. Eliyasee (Roman script transliteration), Osman Taha (Arabic script), The Qur′an, II, 102, page 15, They followed what the Satans recited over Solomon′s Kingdom. Solomon did not disbelieve but Satans disbelieved, teaching men magic, and such things as came down at Babylon to the angels Hārūt and Mārūt.
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Anything that causes destruction or is viewed as evil.
- The most of these, such as various kinds of grasshoppers, leaf hoppers, butterflies, etc., are not peculiar to the clovers, while others do but little damage and need not be mentioned here. In a contest with any of them, the farmer is to a great extent powerless on account of their wide distribution and incredible capacity of increase in a very short period of time, and must rely, in his controversy with these satans, on improved methods of rotation, and on their natural enemies, the parasites, which by a wise and merciful dispensation of the Giver of all good, in due time, always hold them in check and prevent the total destruction of the crop.
- Hrothgar and his eldermen lived happily in Hereot Hall until the day that Grendel, a living fiend out of Hell, a Satan who ruled over swamps and marshes, came stalking toward them.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。