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שָׂטַן

sa.tan

to oppose

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Strong’s H7853Verb6 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

they accuse2

accusers2

the accusers of1

accuse1

In the text

Psalm 38:20יִשְׂטְנוּנִי
Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
Zechariah 3:1לְשִׂטְנוֹ
Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שָׂטַן] vb. denom. be or act as adversary

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.