How many times is Satan mentioned in the Bible?
The word Satan appears 55 times in the King James Version, in 49 verses. Counting every form (Satan, Satan's), it appears 56 times in 49 verses across 16 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Satan 54 times (55 with every form).
Satan in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Satan counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Satan | 55 | 54 |
| Satan's | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 56 | 55 |
Which books mention Satan most
Satan appears in 16 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Job has the most (14), then Revelation (8) and Mark (6).
Also in: 2 Thessalonians (1).
First and last mention of Satan
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
The verse that uses it most is Job 1:7, 2 times (tied with Job 1:12, Job 2:2, Zechariah 3:2, Matthew 12:26, Mark 3:23 and 1 more):
And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Where the two translations differ
1 verse matches in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 0 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Psalm 109:6: counted in the KJV only
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
Verses with Satan on our topic pages
6 verses that use Satan in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
On: Integrity
Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”
On: Temptation
And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
On: End Times
Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
On: Fasting
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
On: Angels
Common questions
How many times is Satan in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 19 of the 56 uses are in the Old Testament and 37 in the New Testament. Satan appears in 16 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Job has the most (14), then Revelation (8) and Mark (6).
Where is Satan first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is 1 Chronicles 21:1: "And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel." The last is Revelation 20:7.
More word counts: devil, angel, forgiveness, worry, anxious, sin, Israel, David, or all 107 words.
Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-02.