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Strong's #5641 - סָתַר

Transliteration
çâthar
Phonetics
saw-thar'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
Verb
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to hide, conceal

1a) (Niphal)

1a1) to hide oneself

1a2) to be hidden, be concealed

1b) (Piel) to hide carefully

1c) (Pual) to be hidden carefully, be concealed

1d) (Hiphil) to conceal, hide

1e) (Hithpael) to hide oneself carefully

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 2931 ‑ κρυφῇ (kroo‑fay');  525 ‑ ἀπαλλάσσω (ap‑al‑las'‑so);  654 ‑ ἀποστρέφω (ap‑os‑tref'‑o);  2928 ‑ κρύπτω (kroop'‑to);  305 ‑ ἀναβαίνω (an‑ab‑ah'ee‑no);  868 ‑ ἀφίστημι (af‑is'‑tay‑mee);  2927 ‑ κρυπτός (kroop‑tos');  613 ‑ ἀποκρύπτω (ap‑ok‑roop'‑to);  
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Genesis 2
Exodus 1
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Deuteronomy 6
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Job 8
Psalms 23
Proverbs 5
Isaiah 14
Jeremiah 5
Ezekiel 3
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Amos 1
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Ezekiel 3
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Amos 1
Micah 1
Zephaniah 1
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Ezekiel 3
Hosea 1
Amos 1
Micah 1
Zephaniah 1
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Isaiah 14
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Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2516) rtx (סתר STR) AC: Hide CO: ? AB: ?: (eng: mystery)

V) rtx (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)

Nm ) rtx (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)

am ) rtxm (מסתר MSTR) - Hiding: KJV (1): hid, secret, secretly - Strongs: H4564 (מַסְתֵּר)

ef1) ertix (סיתרה SYTRH) - Protection: In the sense of hiding. [df: hrtV] KJV (1): protection - Strongs: H5643 (סִתְרָה)

hm ) rtxm (מסתר MSTR) - Secret: A place of hiding. KJV (10): secret, secretly - Strongs: H4565 (מִסְתָּר)

hcm) rftxm (מסתור MSTWR) - Hiding: KJV (1): covert - Strongs: H4563 (מִסְתּוֹר)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 סָתַר verb hide, conceal (Late Hebrew id., derived species; ᵑ7סְתַר Pa`el, Ithpa`al, Syriac Pe`al Passive participle, chiefly Pa`el, Ithpa`al, id.; Arabic veil, conceal, hide, Lane1304; Ethiopic (rare) Di354); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular נִסְתָּ֑ר Proverbs 27:12 + Proverbs 22:3 Qr (Kt וַיִּסָּתֵר); 2 masculine singular נִסְתַּ֫רְתָּ 1 Samuel 20:19; 1 plural נִסְתָּ֑רְנוּ Isaiah 28:15, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִסָּתֵר Hosea 13:14 +; 1 singular אֶסָּתֵר Genesis 4:14 +; 3 masculine plural יִסָּֽתְרוּ Amos 9:3; 1 plural נִסָּתֵר Genesis 31:49, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הִסָּתֵר Jeremiah 36:19; Infinitive construct לְהִסָּ֫תֶר שָׁם Job 34:22; Participle נִסְתָּר Psalm 19:7; plural נִסְתָּרִים Deuteronomy 7:20; feminine plural נִסְתָּרֹת Deuteronomy 29:28, וֺת- Psalm 19:13; —

1 hide oneself, with בְּ local, 1 Samuel 20:5,24; 1 Kings 17:3; Jeremiah 23:24, so (figurative) Isaiah 28:15; with שָׁם 1 Samuel 20:19; Job 34:22; absolute Jeremiah 36:19; Proverbs 22:3; Proverbs 27:12; Proverbs 28:28; Psalm 89:47; with מִמְּנֵי person Deuteronomy 7:20; Job 13:20, with מִן person Psalm 55:13.

2 be hid, concealed, especially figurative of escaping God's notice, with מִמְּנֵי person Genesis 4:14 (J), מִלִּפְנֵי Jeremiah 16:17, מִנֶּגֶד עֵינַי Amos 9:3, מֵעֵינַי Isaiah 65:16; Hosea 13:14 (subject נֹחַם, i.e. I will not repent, change my purpose of judgment), מִן Psalm 38:10; Isaiah 40:27; from heat of sun Psalm 19:7 (i.e. it penetrates everywhere); from birds Job 28:21 (of place of wisdom); reciprocal אִישׁ מֵרֵעֵהוּ׳נִסּ Genesis 31:49 (J) when we are hidden each from the other (i.e. separated); absolute Numbers 5:13; Job 3:23 ( whose way is hid that Isaiah , from himself), Zephaniah 2:3 (i.e. escape ׳י's judgment); participle hidden, secret things, in General Deuteronomy 29:28; of sins Psalm 19:13.

Pi`el Imperative feminine singular סַתְּרִי Isaiah 16:3 carefully hide (i.e. shelter) the outcasts (Moab speaks to Zion).

Pu`al Participle feminine singular אַהֲבָה מְסֻתָּ֑רֶת Proverbs 27:5 love carefully concealed.

Hithpa`el Imperfect 3 feminine singular תִּסְתַּתָּ֑ר Isaiah 29:14; Participle מִסְתַּתֵּר 1 Samuel 23:19 3t.; — hide oneself carefully, of David's taking refuge with (עִם) Ziphites 1 Samuel 23:19 = Psalm 54:2 (title), in (בְּ) a hill 1 Samuel 26:1; ׳אֵל מ Isaiah 45:15 a God that completely hides himself.

Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular הִסְתִּיר Psalm 10:11; Psalm 22:25; 2 masculine singular הִסְתַּ֫רְתָּ Psalm 30:8; Isaiah 64:6; etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַסְתִּיר 1 Samuel 20:2, וַיַּסְתֵּר Exodus 3:6; Job 3:10, suffix יַסְתִּרֵ֫נִי Psalm 27:5, וַיַּסְתִּרֵם Jeremiah 36:26; 3 feminine singular suffix וַתַּסְתִּירֵ֫הוּ 2 Chronicles 22:11; 1 singular וָאַסְתִּר Ezekiel 39:23,24, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַסְתֵּר Psalm 51:11; Infinitive absolute הַסְתֵּר Deuteronomy 31:18; Isaiah 57:17; construct הַסְתֵּר Proverbs 25:2 (see Kö i. 213and references; yet compare infinitive absolute אָכֹל Proverbs 25:27), לַסְתִּר Isaiah 29:15 (Ges§ 53 q); Participle מַסְתִּיר Isaiah 8:17; — conceal, hide:

1 a person from (מִמְּנֵי) enemy 2 Kings 11:2 2 Chronicles 22:11; subject ׳י, with מִן Psalm 64:3, absolute Jeremiah 36:26; hide anything from (מִן) one 1 Samuel 20:2, a thing, in General, Proverbs 25:2; anything (from ׳י; מִן in "" clause) Isaiah 29:15; in General = shelter a person Job 14:13, with בְּ local (subject ׳י) Psalm 17:8; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 31:21 (all metaphor); toil (עָמָל), מֵעֵינָ֑י Job 3:10; commands from, מִן person (subject ׳י) Psalm 119:19; hide one as arrow in quiver Isaiah 49:2.

2 especially hide the face:

a. literally, of Moses Exodus 3:6 (E), usually figurative:

b. subject ׳י with מִן i.e. be not observant of sin Psalm 51:11, absolute Psalm 10:11; more often

c.׳י hides his face from (מִן person), i.e. withdraws his favour, Micah 3:4; Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 54:8; Isaiah 64:6; Deuteronomy 31:17; Deuteronomy 32:20; Jeremiah 33:5; Ezekiel 39:23,24,29; Psalm 13:2; Psalm 22:25; Psalm 27:9; Psalm 69:18; Psalm 88:15; Psalm 102:3; Psalm 143:7; absolute Deuteronomy 31:18; Job 13:24; Job 34:29; Psalm 30:8; compare Psalm 104:29; Psalm 44:25; מָּנִים omitted Isaiah 57:17; compare Isaiah 59:2 your sins have hidden (his) face from (מִן) you; of hiding one's face from (מִן) shame, i.e. avoiding it Isaiah 50:6 (of servant of ׳י).

I. [סְתַר] verb Pa`el hide (see Biblical Hebrew); — Passive participle feminine plural emphatic מְסַתְּרָתָא Daniel 2:22 the hidden things.


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

סָתַר to hide, once in Kal, Proverbs 22:3 כתיב, where the קרי has Niph., comp. Proverbs 27:12.

Niphal

(1) to be hidden, to lie hid. Job 3:23, “to a man אֲשֶׁר דַּרְכּוֹ נִסְתָּרָה to whom his way is hidden,” who does not know how to escape from calamities. Followed by מִן, καλύπτεσθαι ἀπό τινος (compare מִן No. 3, a), to lie hid from any one, Psalms 38:10; Isaiah 40:27. Genesis 31:49, “when we shall be hidden from one another,” when we shall be far from one another; followed by מֵעֵינָֽי Hosea 13:14, “repentance is hid from my eyes,” i.e. I am as it were ignorant of it; followed by מִפְּנֵי (Lat. occultari a conspectu alic. Plaut.), Deuteronomy 7:20 מִלִּפְנֵי Jeremiah 16:17 מִנֶּגֶד Amos 9:3. Part. נִסְתָּרוֹת hidden things, secrets, Deuteronomy 29:28 specially hidden sins, committed ignorantly, Psalms 19:13.

(2) to hide oneself, 1 Samuel 20:5, 19 1 Samuel 20:19 followed by מִן Psalms 55:13, and מִפְּנֵי Genesis 4:14.

Piel, to hide, Isaiah 16:3.

Pual, to be hidden, Proverbs 27:5.

Hiphil הִסְתִּיר to hide. Job 3:10, וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵעֵינָיֽ “and (that) he did (not) hide calamity from my eyes,” did not turn it away from me, avert it.

(1) to cover over, especially the face, Exodus 3:6 followed by מִן from any one, Isaiah 53:3, כְּמַסְתֵּר פָּנִים מִמֶּנּוּ for מ׳ פ׳ מ׳ כַּאֲשֶׁר “as one from whom they hide the face,” i.e. from whom they turn their eyes as from something disgusting and abominable (מַסְתֵּר is in this place the part. formed in the Chaldee manner, for מַסְתִּיר, which is found in four copies; it is here impers. as if כְּמוֹ אֲשֶׁר מִמֶּנּוּ יַסְתִּירוּ פָנִים). Specially Jehovah is said to hide, or veil over his face

(a) when he does not regard human affairs, Psalms 10:11 followed by מִן Psalms 51:11, הַסְתֵּר פָּנֶיךָ מֵחֲטָאָי “hide thy face from my sins;” do not regard them, forgive them.

(b) when it denotes displeasure (opp. to הֵאִיר פָּנִיס) Psalms 30:8, 104:29 followed by מִן of pers. to hide the face (and turn away) from any one, Psalms 22:25, 27:9 88:15 102:3 119:19 Isaiah 54:8, 64:6, and so frequently; without פָּנִים Isaiah 57:17, אַכֵּהוּ הַסְתֵּר וְאֶקְצֹף “I smote them (the people) hiding my face, and being angry.”

(2) to conceal something from any one, followed by מִן of pers. 1 Samuel 20:2 followed by מִפְּנֵי 2 Kings 11:2.

(3) to guard, to defend, Psalms 31:21, 27:5 followed by מִן from any one, Psalms 64:3.

Hithpael הִסְתַּתֵּר to hide oneself, 1 Samuel 23:19, 26:1 Isaiah 29:14, 45:15.

Derived nouns, מִסְתּוֹר, מִסְתָּר, סֵתֶר, סִתְרָה, and the pr.n. סְתוּר, סִתְרִי.


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List of Word Forms
אֶסָּתֵ֑ר אֶסָּתֵֽר׃ אַסְתִּ֤יר אַסְתִּ֤ירָה אַסְתִּ֥יר אסתיר אסתירה אסתר אסתר׃ הִסְתִּ֣יר הִסְתִּ֥יר הִסְתִּ֧ירוּ הִסְתִּירָֽנִי׃ הִסְתַּ֔רְתִּי הִסְתַּ֤רְתִּי הִסְתַּ֤רְתָּ הִסְתַּ֥רְתָּ הִסְתַּ֨רְתִּי הִסָּתֵ֖ר הַ֨נִּסְתָּרֹ֔ת הַמַּסְתִּ֥יר הַסְתֵּ֣ר המסתיר הנסתרת הסתיר הסתירו הסתירני׃ הסתר הסתרת הסתרתי וְאֶסָּתֵ֥ר וְהִסְתַּרְתִּ֨י וְהַנִּסְתָּרִ֖ים וְיַסְתֵּ֣ר וְיַסְתֵּ֨ר וְנִסְתְּרָ֖ה וְנִסְתַּרְתִּ֣י וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ֙ וְנִסְתָּ֑ר וַיִּסָּתֵ֥ר וַיַּסְתִּ֧רוּ וַיַּסְתִּרֵ֖ם וַיַּסְתֵּ֤ר וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר וַתַּסְתִּירֵ֡הוּ וָאַסְתִּ֥ר ואסתר והנסתרים והסתרתי ויסתר ויסתרו ויסתרם ונסתר ונסתרה ונסתרת ונסתרתי ותסתירהו יִסָּ֨תְר֜וּ יִסָּתֵ֣ר יִסָּתֵ֥ר יִסָּתֵ֨ר יַ֭סְתִּרֵנִי יַסְתִּ֨יר יסתיר יסתר יסתרו יסתרני לְהִסָּ֥תֶר לַסְתִּ֣ר להסתר לסתר מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃ מִֽנִּסְתָּר֥וֹת מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר מִסְתַּתֵּ֥ר מִסְתַּתֵּ֨ר מִסְתַּתֵּר֙ מנסתרות מסתרת׃ מסתתר נִ֝סְתָּ֗ר נִסְתְּר֖וּ נִסְתְּרָ֤ה נִסְתַּ֥רְתָּ נִסְתָּ֑ר נִסְתָּ֑רָה נִסְתָּֽרְנוּ׃ נִסְתָּֽרָה׃ נִסָּתֵ֖ר נסתר נסתרה נסתרה׃ נסתרו נסתרנו׃ נסתרת סַתְּרִי֙ סתרי תִּסְתַּתָּֽר׃ תִּסָּ֣תְר֔וּ תִּסָּתֵ֣ר תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי תַּסְתִּ֖יר תַּסְתִּ֥יר תַּסְתִּירֵ֤ם ׀ תַּסְתִּירֵֽנִי׃ תַּסְתֵּ֣ר תַּסְתֵּ֥ר תַּסְתֵּ֬ר תַסְתִּ֑יר תסתיר תסתירם תסתירני תסתירני׃ תסתר תסתרו תסתתר׃ ’as·tî·rāh ’as·tîr ’astîr ’astîrāh ’es·sā·ṯêr ’essāṯêr asTir asTirah essaTer ham·mas·tîr hammasTir hammastîr han·nis·tā·rōṯ hannistaRot hannistārōṯ has·têr hasTer hastêr his·sā·ṯêr his·tar·tā his·tar·tî his·tî·rā·nî his·tî·rū his·tîr hissaTer hissāṯêr hisTarta histartā hisTarti histartî hisTir histîr histiRani histîrānî hisTiru histîrū las·tir lastir lə·his·sā·ṯer lehisSater ləhissāṯer mə·sut·tā·reṯ mesutTaret məsuttāreṯ min·nis·tā·rō·wṯ minnistaRot minnistārōwṯ mis·tat·têr mistatTer mistattêr nis·sā·ṯêr nis·tā·rāh nis·tā·rə·nū nis·tār nis·tar·tā nis·tə·rāh nis·tə·rū nissaTer nissāṯêr nisTar nistār nisTarah nistārāh nisTarenu nistārənū nisTarta nistartā nisteRah nistərāh nisteRu nistərū sat·tə·rî satteRi sattərî tas·têr tas·tî·rê·nî tas·tî·rêm tas·tîr ṯas·tîr tasTer tastêr tasTir tastîr ṯastîr tastiRem tastîrêm Tastireni tastîrênî tis·sā·ṯə·rū tis·sā·ṯêr tis·tat·tār tissaTer tissāṯêr tisSateRu tissāṯərū tistatTar tistattār vaasTir vaiyasTer vaiyastiRem vaiyasTiru vaiyissaTer vattastiRehu veessaTer vehannistaRim vehistarTi venisTar venistarTa venistarTi venisteRah veyasTer wā’astir wā·’as·tir wat·tas·tî·rê·hū wattastîrêhū way·yas·têr way·yas·ti·rêm way·yas·ti·rū way·yis·sā·ṯêr wayyastêr wayyastirêm wayyastirū wayyissāṯêr wə’essāṯêr wə·’es·sā·ṯêr wə·han·nis·tā·rîm wə·his·tar·tî wə·nis·tār wə·nis·tar·tā wə·nis·tar·tî wə·nis·tə·rāh wə·yas·têr wəhannistārîm wəhistartî wənistār wənistartā wənistartî wənistərāh wəyastêr yas·ti·rê·nî yas·tîr yasTir yastîr Yastireni yastirênî yis·sā·ṯə·rū yis·sā·ṯêr yissaTer yissāṯêr yisSateRu yissāṯərū
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