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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #4565 - מִסְתָּר

Transliteration

miçtâr

Phonetics

mis-tawr'

Origin

from (H5641)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1551d

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

secret place, hiding place
1. secret place
2. hiding place
  1. for protection
  2. for perpetration of crime

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2927 ‑ κρυπτός (kroop‑tos'); 517 ‑ ἀόρατος (ah‑or'‑at‑os); 2927 ‑ κρυπτός (kroop‑tos'); 2977 ‑ λάθρᾳ (lath'‑rah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (9)

Psalms 3

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Lamentations 1

Habakkuk 1

BSB (9)

Psalms 4

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Lamentations 1

Habakkuk 1

CSB (9)

Psalms 4

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Lamentations 1

Habakkuk 1

ESV (10)

Psalms 4

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Lamentations 1

Habakkuk 1

KJV (10)

Psalms 4

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Lamentations 1

Habakkuk 1

LEB (10)

Psalms 4

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Lamentations 1

Habakkuk 1

LSB (18)

Psalms 8

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 2

Habakkuk 1

N95 (10)

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 2

Habakkuk 1

NAS (16)

Psalms 7

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 5

Lamentations 2

Habakkuk 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (10)

Psalms 4

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Lamentations 1

Habakkuk 1

ASV (9)

himself in secret places 1

his secret places 1

in secret 3

in secret places 2

of secret places 1

secretly 1

BSB (9)

hiding in ambush 1

his hiding places 1

in ambush 2

in seclusion 1

in secret 1

in secret places 2

to secretly 1

CSB (9)

ambush 1

concealed places 1

from secret places 1

hiding 1

his secret places 1

places 1

secret 2

secret places 1

ESV (10)

ambush 3

hiding 2

places 1

secret 2

secret places 2

KJV (10)

places 7

secret 1

secretly 2

LEB (10)

⌊secretly⌋ 1

from their hiding places at 1

his hiding places 1

in ambush 1

in hiding 1

in hiding places 1

in secret places 2

in the hiding places 1

secret places 1

LSB (18)

hiding 6

place 1

places 7

secret 4

N95 (10)

hiding 2

places 4

secret 4

NAS (16)

concealment 1

hiding 2

places 6

secret 7

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (10)

from ambushes 1

himself in secret places 1

his secret places 1

in secret 3

in secret places 2

men from ambushes 1

of secret places 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2516) r t x (סתר STR) AC: Hide CO: ? AB: ?: (eng: mystery)

V) r t x (סתר STR) - Hide: To hide or conceal. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: rtV] KJV (85): (vf: Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) hide, secret, close, absent, conceal - Strongs: H5641 (סָתַר), H5642 (סְתַר), H8368 (שָׂתַר)

N^m ) r t x (סתר STR) - Hiding: A covert or secret hiding or hiding place. [df: rtV] KJV (35): secret, secretly, covert, hiding, backbiting, covering, disguise, privily - Strongs: H5643 (סִתְרָה)

a^m ) r t x m (מסתר MSTR) - Hiding: KJV (1): hid, secret, secretly - Strongs: H4564 (מַסְתֵּר)

e^f1) e r t i x (סיתרה SYTRH) - Protection: In the sense of hiding. [df: hrtV] KJV (1): protection - Strongs: H5643 (סִתְרָה)

h^m ) r t x m (מסתר MSTR) - Secret: A place of hiding. KJV (10): secret, secretly - Strongs: H4565 (מִסְתָּר)

hc^m) r f t x m (מסתור MSTWR) - Hiding: KJV (1): covert - Strongs: H4563 (מִסְתּוֹר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מִסְתָּר noun [masculine] secret place, hiding place; — absolute ׳מ Psalm 10:9; Habakkuk 3:14; usually plural מִסְתָּרִים Jeremiah 13:17 6t.; suffix מִסְתָּרָיו Jeremiah 49:10; —

1 secret place(s), concealed from view, Jeremiah 13:17; where treasures are stored Isaiah 45:3.

2 hiding-place(s):

a. for protection Jeremiah 23:24; Jeremiah 49:10.

b. for perpetration of crime, especially murder: Psalm 10:8 ("" מַאֲרָב), simile of lion Psalm 10:9, Psalm 17:12, compare Habakkuk 3:14; Psalm 64:5; of ׳י lying in wait Lamentations 3:10 (as a lion).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מִסְתָּר m.a hiding-place, spec. used of the place of an ambush, Psalms 10:9, 17:12 Lamentations 3:10.

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List of Word Forms

בְּמִסְתָּרִ֥ים בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃ בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים בַּמִּסְתָּ֨ר ׀ בַּמִּסְתָּֽר׃ בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֛ים בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֣ים במסתר במסתר׃ במסתרים במסתרים׃ מִסְתָּרִ֑ים מִסְתָּרָ֔יו מסתריו מסתרים bam·mis·tā·rîm bam·mis·tār bammisTar bammistār Bammistarim bammistārîm bə·mis·tā·rîm bemistaRim bəmistārîm mis·tā·rāw mis·tā·rîm mistaRav mistārāw mistaRim mistārîm