撒旦 — meaning in English

English meaning

• ghoul noun A legendary demon or evil spirit said to rob graves and feed on corpses.
• Satan noun In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the chief evil spirit who opposes God and tempts people to sin; the Devil.
• shaitan noun a demon/devil; or evil jinn.

Senses

撒旦 is used for these senses in English:

• Satan (religion) The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin; the Devil; (Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.
• Shaitan (Islam) Iblis, Satan.
• ghoul (mythology) A demon said to feed on corpses.

ghoul — full definition

1. noun A legendary demon or evil spirit said to rob graves and feed on corpses.
2. noun A person with a morbid, unhealthy fascination with death or gruesome things.

Satan — full definition

1. noun In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the chief evil spirit who opposes God and tempts people to sin; the Devil.
2. noun Informally, a person seen as extremely wicked or cruel.

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