Adversary

adversary English Etymology A biblical reference,1759, Oxford standard text, Bible (King James), Job, 31, xxxv — Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.1759, Oxford standard text, Bible (King James), 1 Peter, 5, viii — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: en Satan ultimately deriving from a borrowing of the he שָׂטָן Śāṭān adversary, accuser Hebr. (See also en Satan). Proper noun the Adversary en Christianity sometimes Judaism The Devil; Satan. en 1998 Daniel Isaac Block The Book of Ezekiel: Chapters 25-48 Yahweh′s turning Gog around, putting hooks in his jaws, and bringing him out from the remotest parts of the north (Ezek. 38:4-6) is now interpreted as the release of the Adversary from prison. Synonyms See en Satan. Translations the Devil Irish: ga áibhirseoir m Latin: la adversārius m References