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  2. Satan - Wikipedia

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    The first occurrence of the word "satan" in the Hebrew Bible in reference to a supernatural figure comes from Numbers 22:22, [15] [8] which describes the Angel of Yahweh confronting Balaam on his donkey: [7] "Balaam's departure aroused the wrath of Elohim, and the Angel of Yahweh stood in the road as a satan against him."

  3. Devil in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Satan was originally a perfect angel who developed feelings of self-importance and craved worship that belonged to God. Satan persuaded Adam and Eve to obey him rather than God, raising the issue—often referred to as a "controversy"—of whether people, having been granted free will , would obey God under both ...

  4. Lucifer - Wikipedia

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    The Fallen Angel (1847) by Alexandre Cabanel. The most common meaning for Lucifer in English is as a name for the Devil in Christian theology.He appeared in the King James Version of the Bible in Isaiah [1] and before that in the Vulgate (the late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible), [2] not as the name of a devil but as the Latin word lucifer (uncapitalized), [3] [4] meaning "the ...

  5. Azazil - Wikipedia

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    Thus, he argues, Satan could not have been an angel. [8] Instead, the verse is supposed to mean that Satan is one of the jinn, distinct from the angels. [2] According to ibn Abbas, the term is interpreted as jinān, meaning that Satan was "an inhabitant of paradise" (i.e. an angel). [9]

  6. Devil - Wikipedia

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    In the Introduction to his book Satan: A Biography, Henry Ansgar Kelly discusses various considerations and meanings that he has encountered in using terms such as devil and Satan, etc. While not offering a general definition, he describes that in his book "whenever diabolos is used as the proper name of Satan", he signals it by using "small caps".

  7. War in Heaven - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Moses, included in the LDS standard works canon, references the war in heaven and Satan's origin as a fallen angel of light. [15] The concept of a war in heaven at the end of time became an addendum to the story of Satan's fall at the genesis of time—a narrative which included Satan and a third of all of heaven's angels.

  8. List of angels in theology - Wikipedia

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    Guardian of the "first river", stands at the Gate of Life Adriel: Advachiel Christianity, Judaism Guardian Angel, Archangel My help is God, of God's flock, Angel of Sagittarius Agiel: Zazel Christianity, Judaism, Islam Archangel, Seraph: The Intelligence Angels of all kinds, Guardian Angel of Saturn Ananiel: Christianity Watcher

  9. Fallen angel - Wikipedia

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    Following the canonical Christian narrative, Satan convinces other angels to live free from the laws of God, thereupon they are cast out of heaven. [148] The epic poem starts with the fallen angels in hell. The first portrayal of God in the book is given by fallen angels, who describe him as a questionable tyrant and blame him for their fall. [150]