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SATYR.—The Heb. word sâ‘îr means primarily ‘he-goat,’ but the plur. sĕ‘îrîm is tr. [Note: translate or translation.] in Lev_17:7 and 2Ch_11:15, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘devils,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘he-goats’; in Isa_13:21; Isa_34:14 EV [Note: English Version.] ‘satyrs,’ RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘he-goats.’ Probably too in 2Ki_23:3 shì‘ ârîm (‘gates’) should be sĕ‘îrîm, and tr. [Note: translate or translation.] as in Lev_17:7. In these passages some ‘hairy’ demon is to be Inferred to whom ‘sacrifices’ were made (Lev_17:7), ‘high places’ erected (2Ki_23:8), and ‘priests’ set apart (2Ch_11:15). The association of these creatures with the mythological Lilith (wh. see) in Isa_34:14 is specially noticeable.
E. W. G. Masterman.