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The Hebrew word נָחָשׁ (Nāḥāš) is used in the Hebrew Bible to identify the serpent that appears in Genesis 3:1, in the Garden of Eden. In the first book of the Torah , the serpent is portrayed as a deceptive creature or trickster , [ 1 ] who promotes as good what God had forbidden and shows particular cunning in its deception.
For example, in the Hebrew book of Job, one of the angels is referred to as a satan, "an adversary", but in the Greek Septuagint, which was used by the early Christians, whenever "the Satan" (Ha-Satan) appears with a definite article, it specifically refers to the individual known as the heavenly accuser whose personal name is Satan. [10]
The forms of divination mentioned in Deuteronomy 17 are portrayed as being of foreign origin; this is the only part of the Hebrew Bible to make such a claim. [5] According to Ann Jeffers, the presence of laws forbidding necromancy proves that it was practiced throughout Israel's history.
The word with the definite article Ha-Satan (Hebrew: הַשָּׂטָן hasSāṭān) occurs 17 times in the Masoretic Text, in two books of the Hebrew Bible: Job ch. 1–2 (14×) and Zechariah 3:1–2 (3×). [12] [13] It is translated in English bibles mostly as 'Satan'. The Examination of Job (c. 1821) by William Blake
This Hebrew word has traditionally been transliterated with capitalization as a proper name "Satan", leading an association with the "devil", named as "Satan" in the New Testament, who is depicted as unsuccessfully trying to tempt Jesus (Matthew 4:1–11) and as resisting the rule of God (Revelation 12:9; 20:2, 7–8).
Mastema (Hebrew: מַשְׂטֵמָה Masṭēmā; Ge'ez: መሰቴማ Mesetēma), Mastemat, or Mansemat, [1] [2] is an angel or evil angel in the Book of Jubilees. [3] He first appears in the literature of the Second Temple Period as a personification of the Hebrew word mastemah (מַשְׂטֵמָה), meaning "hatred", "hostility", "enmity ...
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Bartholomew asks Satan how he came to be the enemy and other questions on esoteric subjects such as the hierarchy of the angels. He also explains the story of his removal from heaven. [1] Satan's testimony also includes an admission to his role as the leader of six hundred fallen angels that fell with him. [2]