Satan

Prince of Darkness

Satan is the supreme evil figure in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions—the devil, the adversary of God, the tempter of humanity.

In Christian theology, Satan is a fallen angel who rebelled against God and rules over hell.

The name appears in expressions like Get thee behind me, Satan and compounds like Satan worship.

Calling someone a Satan or saying they're satanic suggests extreme malevolence or cruelty. (Lowercase satan is a rare common noun meaning adversary.)

deity

Lucifer

Rebellious angel of Christian theology

Devil · Antichrist · Baphomet · Leviathan · archfiend · tempter · fallen angel · fiend

rebellion

fallen angel

Expelled celestial rebel

  • rebellionDefiance of established power
  • prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
  • defianceOpen resistance to authority

hubris · banishment · fall from grace · disobedience · revolt · arrogance · ambition · usurper · divine wrath · casting out

hell

hell

Underworld of suffering

  • infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
  • HadesGreek afterlife realm
  • abyssImmeasurably profound depth

netherworld · perdition · Tartarus · Sheol · Gehenna · brimstone · damnation · pit · hellfire · bottomless pit

evil

diabolical

Extremely wicked or cruel

malevolent · wicked · sinister · darkness · corruption · depravity · iniquity · wickedness · malice · cruelty

occult

exorcism

Ritual to expel demons

occultism · ritual · pentagram · black mass · demonology · pact · sacrifice · dark arts

biblical

Genesis

First biblical book

fall · Job · wilderness · Christ · Peter · Judas · rebellion · heaven · angels · paradise

Categories
Opposites
divine hierarchy

SatanGod

Supreme spiritual authority

Christ · Jesus Christ · Jesus · Yahweh · the Almighty

moral/spiritual symbolism

Satanholiness

Sacred spiritual purity

divine grace · righteousness · savior · redeemer · Prince of Peace

narrative role in cosmic conflict

SatanEmmanuel

"God is with us"

Phrases
Family

Satanist, Satanism

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG