Biblical Profile: Satan

Satan The book of Job includes “the satan” among the heavenly court (Job 1:6; 2:1). The Hebrew word (satan) refers to an adversary or an accuser in court (see Job 1–2; Zech 3:1). God sometimes appoints angels as adversaries for righteous judgment and opposition to evildoers (e. g. , Num 22:22, 32, where the term (satan) is often translated “block”; see also 1 Kgs 22:19-23).…