Accuser

a -kūz´ẽr : This word, not found in the Old Testament, is the rendering of two Greek words: (1) Κατήγορος , katḗgoros , that is, a prosecutor, or plaintiff in a lawsuit, or one who speaks in a derogatory way of another ( Acts 23:30 , Acts 23:35; Acts 25:16 , Acts 25:18; Revelation 12:10 ); (2) Διάβολος , diábolos , 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 ( 2 Timothy 3:3; Titus 2:3 ). 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 Job 1:6; Zechariah 3:1; Revelation 12:10 ).