- Original: שׂטן - Transliteration: Satan - Phonetic: saw-tan' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to be or act as an adversary, resist, oppose - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2252 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to attack (figuratively) accuse: - (be an) adversary resist. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • adversaries, 5 Psalm 38:20; Psalm 71:13; Psalm 109:4; Psalm 109:20; Psalm 109:29 • resist, 1 Zechariah 3:1