The corpus record

Σᾰτάν

*satan · ὁ

Satan, adversary, opponent, accuser

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Where it lives

2 Thessalonians 1 · 12.39/10k
Revelation 8 · 8.09/10k
1 Thessalonians 1 · 6.88/10k
2 Corinthians 3 · 6.69/10k
1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
Mark 5 · 4.54/10k
Luke 4 · 2.07/10k
Matthew 3 · 1.67/10k
1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
Acts 2 · 1.11/10k
John 1 · 0.65/10k

What it meant

Σᾰτάν · Satan — LSJ

Satan, adversary, opponent, accuser, chief of the evil spirits, the Devil

Satan, Hebr. word for adversary, opponent, LXX 3 Ki. 11.14, 23; transl. by ἐπίβουλος in LXX 1 Ki. 29.4; also accuser, transl. by ὁ διάβολος in Jb. 1.6 sq., Za. 3.1:—hence as chief of the evil spirits, the Devil, 2 Ep.Cor. 12.7 (indecl., as gen.); also Σᾰτᾰνᾶς, ᾶ, ὁ, LXX Jb. 2.3 (cod. A), Si. 21.27, freq. in NT, Ev.Matt. 4.10, al.:—Adj. Σατανικός, ή, όν, PLond. 5.1731.11 (vi A.D.).

In the wild

Σατανᾶς · Satanas New Testament, 1 Corinthians 7.5 (DIORISIS sentence 153)
Σατανᾶς · Satanas New Testament, 1 Thessalonians 2.18 (DIORISIS sentence 19)
Σατανᾶ · Satana New Testament, 1 Timothy 5.15 (DIORISIS sentence 65)
Σατανᾶς · Satanas New Testament, 2 Corinthians 11.14 (DIORISIS sentence 194)
Σατανᾶ · Satana New Testament, 2 Corinthians 12.7 (DIORISIS sentence 228)
Σατανᾶ · Satana New Testament, 2 Corinthians 2.10 (DIORISIS sentence 32)

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Where it came from

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