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a-kuÌ„z´ẽr: This word, not found in the Old Testament, is the rendering of two Greek words: (1) ΚατηÌγοÏος, kateÌ„Ìgoros, that is, a prosecutor, or plaintiff in a lawsuit, or one who speaks in a derogatory way of another (, ; , ; ); (2) ΔιαÌβολος, diaÌbolos, meaning adversary or enemy. This word is rendered “accuser†in the King James Version and “slanderer†in the Revised Version (British and American) and the American Standard Revised Version (; ). According to the rabbinic teaching Satan, or the devil, was regarded as hostile to God and man, and that it was a part of his work to accuse the latter of disloyalty and sin before the tribunal of the former (see ; ; ).