Is it true the original hebrew word for satan simply meant,"An enemy of the state?"?

Aryeh has it correct. He ought to, he's a Rabbi and fluent in Hebrew. In the Torah repentance is an active process.

To regret doing something alone without changing your way or making amends is NOT to repent. The Hebrew word for repent is teshuvah. Teshuvah” is the word for repent which comprises the two steps involved, nicham (to feel regret or sorrow) and shuv (to return) When a man or woman wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the Eternal, that person is guilty and must confess the sin he has committed.

He must make full restitution for his wrong, add one fifth to it and give it all to the person he has wronged. Numbers 5:6-7 30:8 You will repent and obey God, keeping all His commandments, as I prescribe them to you today. Ve'atah tashuv veshamata bekol Adonay ve'asita et-kol-mitsvotav asher anochi metsavecha hayom.

Deuteronomy 30:8 note the Hebrew word tashuv there teshuvah is the NOUN for repent I gave you right out of Torah a commandment to repent and the word used is tashuv. Nicham..feeling sorrowful and regretful for the wrong deed is only one step. You haven't repented if all you've done is feel bad about something you did in the past.

Strong's concordance is a very poor source to find authentic Hebrew translation..far too many words have altered meanings to try to weasel word fit the topsy turvy replacement theology of the New Testament into the Torah it attempts to negate and replace. It doesn't work when you read the language in its own context and actual meaning. EDIT: According to Torah, there is a three-step formula for "repentance" (teshuva = returning to G-d by returning to the proper path).

Quoting from Mishneh Torah by the Rambam (Maimonides): "And what is repentance? It is when the sinner abandons his sin, removing it from his thoughts i.e. He will from now on push out from his mind any idea to do or to imagine doing this sin, and is completely resolved not to do it again.

Consequently, he verbally regrets what has happened in the past i.e. What he thought, said or did and verbally accepts G-d, the Knower of secrets, as his witness that he will never return to such a sin again. And he needs to confess verbally and state the resolutions that he made in his heart.

According to Strong’s Concordance, the English word repent appears 21 times in the Old Testament. These come from two different Hebrew words. The one used most often is Nacham, which means to regret.

The other is shuwb which means to turn or return.

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