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The original Bible doesn't mention any kind of Satan.
It's an adaptation from the later Quran terminology shaytaan or al-Shaytan, which means demon, devil, evil spirit, anything that is against God.
In the Quran the first shaytaan is also said to be Iblis, the first fallen angel (equivalent of Lucifer, as the origin story matches up quite closely).
Later Bible translations adopted this terminology as the name Satan, but in reality it's more of a title as above explained - it can be applied to any hell-dweller who's gone against God.
Then of course this morphed into many meanings... so there's multiple ways to interpret it:
all in all, it's basically the worst religious insult one can use.
Christ's cum-dumpster, that's the worst they've got?
I mean, being named the ultimate enemy that must be vanquished at any cost IS pretty much up there with the worst possible insults.
It's not worst in the sense of being the most vulgar, most outrageous statement. It's the worst in the sense of it being the highest insult of one.
I mean imagine if I stated that in the name of all Europeans, YOU are public enemy number one. That you've done egregious acts against all Europeans that must not be tolerated, that must be avenged at all cost. That from now on, all Europeans have the right to exterminate you.
It is a pretty high insult, isn't it?
I've been called worse. sniffs haughtily