{"query": "Easton: Satan", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_1c38d6bd97a9", "title": "Easton: Satan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Adversary; accuser. When used as a proper name, the Hebrew word so rendered has the article “the adversary” (Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7). In the New Testament it is used as interchangeable with Diabolos, or th"}, {"id": "card_n_bdb7ee78ca02", "title": "Easton: Michael", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Who is like God? (1.) The title given to one of the chief angels (Dan. 10:13, 21; 12:1). He had special charge of Israel as a nation. He disputed with Satan (Jude 1:9) about the body of Moses. He is a"}, {"id": "card_n_205e5a2c2857", "title": "Easton: Adversary", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. satan), an opponent or foe (1 Kings 5:4; 11:14, 23, 25; Luke 13:17); one that speaks against another, a complainant (Matt. 5:25; Luke 12:58); an enemy (Luke 18:3), and specially the devil (1 Pet"}, {"id": "card_c_a397afcaad54", "title": "Easton: Satan references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_ed2fee8acbd9", "title": "Easton: Satan cites Job", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Job 1:6 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_581eabaa18c7", "title": "Easton: Satan cites James", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites James 4:7 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_c79bd2165cce", "title": "Easton: Satan cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 12:31 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_2b422618bd08", "title": "Easton: Beelzebub", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Gr. form Beel’zebul), the name given to Satan, and found only in the New Testament (Matt. 10:25; 12:24, 27; Mark 3:22). It is probably the same as Baalzebub (q.v.), the god of Ekron, meaning “the lor"}, {"id": "card_n_a1a99b719056", "title": "Barnabas XVIII", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "But let us now pass to another sort of knowledge and doctrine. There are two ways of doctrine and authority, the one of light, and the other of darkness. But there is a great difference between these "}, {"id": "card_n_4aa47c220cf2", "title": "Easton: Belial", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Worthlessness, frequently used in the Old Testament as a proper name. It is first used in Deut. 13:13. In the New Testament it is found only in 2 Cor. 6:15, where it is used as a name of Satan, the pe"}, {"id": "card_n_19a082b7ff79", "title": "Easton: Dragon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Heb. tannim, plural of tan. The name of some unknown creature inhabiting desert places and ruins (Job 30:29; Ps. 44:19; Isa. 13:22; 34:13; 43:20; Jer. 10:22; Micah 1:8; Mal. 1:3); probably, as tr"}, {"id": "card_n_06dc06d97fd1", "title": "Easton: Accuser", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Satan is styled the “accuser of the brethren” (Rev. 12:10. Comp. Job 1:6; Zech. 3:1), as seeking to uphold his influence among men by bringing false charges against Christians, with the view of weaken"}, {"id": "card_n_5cd84c6f3b70", "title": "Easton: Mandrakes", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hebrew dudaim; i.e., “love-plants”, occurs only in Gen. 30:14-16 and Cant. 7:13. Many interpretations have been given of this word dudaim. It has been rendered “violets,” “Lilies,” “jasmines,” “truffl"}, {"id": "card_n_adc71f00b2fa", "title": "Easton: Pergamos", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The chief city of Mysia, in Asia Minor. One of the “seven churches” was planted here (Rev. 1:11; 2:17). It was noted for its wickedness, insomuch that our Lord says “Satan’s seat” was there. The churc"}, {"id": "card_n_fb8ac8aab396", "title": "Easton: Blasphemy", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In the sense of speaking evil of God this word is found in Ps. 74:18; Isa. 52:5; Rom. 2:24; Rev. 13:1, 6; 16:9, 11, 21. It denotes also any kind of calumny, or evil-speaking, or abuse (1 Kings 21:10; "}, {"id": "card_n_fdc6df218f54", "title": "Easton: Temptation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Trial; a being put to the test. Thus God “tempted [Gen. 22: 1; R.V., ‘did prove’] Abraham;” and afflictions are said to tempt, i.e., to try, men (James 1:2, 12; comp. Deut. 8:2), putting their fa"}, {"id": "card_n_1cbe7c7ebf43", "title": "Easton: Judas", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Graecized form of Judah. (1.) The patriarch (Matt. 1:2, 3). (2.) Son of Simon (John 6:71; 13:2, 26), surnamed Iscariot, i.e., a man of Kerioth (Josh. 15:25). His name is uniformly the last in the "}, {"id": "card_n_361dc3c83c89", "title": "Easton: Serpent", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. nahash; Gr. ophis), frequently noticed in Scripture. More than forty species are found in Syria and Arabia. The poisonous character of the serpent is alluded to in Jacob’s blessing on Dan (Gen. "}, {"id": "card_n_0dca9769f9da", "title": "Easton: Azazel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Lev. 16:8, 10, 26, Revised Version only here; rendered “scape-goat” in the Authorized Version). This word has given rise to many different views. Some Jewish interpreters regard it as the name of a p"}, {"id": "card_n_ed96d3cb2c75", "title": "Devotional: Parable: The Sword in the Fire", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A piece of steel may be worth $100. A sword, $1,000. The sword of a master, $10,000. But the sword wielded by the Conqueror to crush Satan is priceless. Be that sword."}]}