Bible Lexicons

Σατανᾶς , -ᾶ

(so also Sir 21:30, but in 1 Kings 11:14, σατάν indecl.; Heb. H7854; Aram. סָטָנָא , whence the inflected Gk. form), ό ,

Satan (i.e. the adversary, as in LXX, ll. c.): Matthew 4:10; Matthew 12:26, Mark 1:13; Mark 3:23; Mark 3:26; Mark 4:15 Luke 10:18; Luke 11:18; Luke 13:16; Luke 22:3; Luke 22:31, John 13:27, Acts 5:3; Acts 26:18, Romans 16:20, 1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Corinthians 7:5, 2 Corinthians 2:11; 2 Corinthians 11:14, 1 Thessalonians 2:18, 2 Thessalonians 2:9, 1 Timothy 1:20; 1 Timothy 5:15, Revelation 2:9; Revelation 2:13; Revelation 2:24; Revelation 3:9; Revelation 12:9; Revelation 20:2; Revelation 20:7; addressed in person of Peter, Matthew 16:23 Mark 8:33; ἄγγελος Σατανᾶ , 2 Corinthians 12:7.†

The wavering of the inscriptional testimony (see Deissmann BS, p. 185) makes it impossible to decide between Ζμύρνα which is read by א vgam fu (harl) al. in Revelation 1:11 and the commoner Σμύρνα, but the fact that the reading Ζμύρνα is supported by Smyrnaean coins down to Trajan’s reign (Waddington, Voy. arch. 894) makes it difficult to reject the witness of א, on suspicion of ‘Western’ taint : see WH Notes.2, p. 155, Proleg. p. 45. For Ζμύρνα (–η) in the papyri see P Ryl II. 153.18 (A.D. 138–161) ὂ ̣ν ̣ κατέλιψα ἐν Ζμύρνῃ τῆς Ἀσίας, and for the same spelling of the common noun cf. PSI IV. 328.2 (B.C. 258–7) ζμύρνης τάλαντα ἑκατόν, P Tebt I. 35.16 (B.C. III) ζμύρναν, and see Mayser Gr. pp. 41, 204. An adj. ζμύρνινος is found in P Oxy XII. 1584.18 (ii/A.D.) παλλίον ζμύρνιν [ον.