personality, who was thus designated originally in reference to his function of opposing or accusing (cp. 𝔊’s διάβολος) men before God, before he had developed his later character (Ch., NT.) of tempter or instigator of men to act in opposition to God. The force of the word is well shown in Nu. 22:22 where the angel of Yahweh becomes for the occasion a saṭan in order to oppose Balaam and to stay his course; or somewhat differently in Ps. 109:6 where opposition in the sense of accusation before