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Lexicon :: Strong's H5643 - sēṯer

Aa
סֵתֶר
Transliteration
sēṯer
Pronunciation
say'-ther
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Part of Speech
feminine noun, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1551a,1551b

Strong’s Definitions

סֵתֶר çêther, say'-ther; or (feminine) סִתְרָה çithrâh; (Deuteronomy 32:38), from H5641; a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense):—backbiting, covering, covert, × disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H5643 in the following manner: secret (12x), secretly (9x), covert (5x), secret place (3x), hiding place (2x), backbiting (1x), covering (1x), disguiseth (1x), privily (1x), protection (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H5643 in the following manner: secret (12x), secretly (9x), covert (5x), secret place (3x), hiding place (2x), backbiting (1x), covering (1x), disguiseth (1x), privily (1x), protection (1x).
masculine noun

  1. covering, shelter, hiding place, secrecy

    1. covering, cover

    2. hiding place, shelter, secret place

    3. secrecy

      1. secrecy (of tongue being slanderous)

        feminine noun

  2. shelter, protection

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סֵתֶר çêther, say'-ther; or (feminine) סִתְרָה çithrâh; (Deuteronomy 32:38), from H5641; a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense):—backbiting, covering, covert, × disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
STRONGS H5643: Abbreviations
† סֵ֫תֶר noun [masculine] covering, hiding-place, secrecy; — absolute ס׳ Judges 3:19 +, ס֑תֶר 2 Samuel 12:12; Proverbs 25:23, סֶ֑תֶר Psalm 139:15; construct סֵ֫תֶר 1 Samuel 25:20 +; suffix סִתְרוֺ Psalm 18:12 (insert also || 2 Samuel 22:12 Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Th Bu HPS), סִתְרִי Psalm 119:114; plural סְתָרִים Proverbs 9:17; —
1. covering, cover, הָהָר בְּס׳ 1 Samuel 25:20 under cover of the mountain, concealed by it; of clouds as covering for י׳ (shutting out his view) Job 22:14, of darkness (i.e. dark clouds) as י׳'s hiding-place (in theoph.) Psalm 18:12 (= 2 Samuel 22:12 see above), so רַ֑עַם ס׳ 2Sam 81:8 hiding-place of thunder; of adulterer פָּנִים ס׳יָשִׂים Job 24:15 i.e. disguiseth himself.
2.
a. hidng-place, 1 Samuel 19:2; Isaiah 28:17 הַמַּדְרֵגָה ס׳ Songs 2:14 (in figurative; || חַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע), of hippopotamus Job 40:21; figurative of Israel as shelter to Moab with מִפְּנֵי Isaiah 16:6, of ideal Israelite, as זֶרֶם ס׳ Isaiah 32:2, especially of י׳ as shelter: אָהֳלוֺ ס׳ Psalm 27:5, פָּנֶיךָ ס׳ Psalm 31:21, כְּנָפֶיךָ ס׳ Psalm 61:5, עֶלְיוֺן ס׳ Psalm 91:1, לִי אַתָּה ס׳ Psalm 32:7; compare Psalm 119:114.
b. secret place, of womb Psalm 139:15 (|| תַּחְתִּיּוֺת אָ֑רֶץ).
3. secrecy: דְּבַרסֿ׳ Judges 3:19 a matter of secrecy, secret matter; plural abstract intensive לֶחֶם סְתָרִים Proverbs 9:17 bread of utter secrecy (i.e. gained stealthily, || מַיִם גְּנוּבִים); לְשֹׁן סָ֑תֶר Proverbs 25:23 tongue of secrecy, i.e. slanderous; elsewhere בַּסּ׳ in secrecy, secretly Deuteronomy 13:7; Deuteronomy 27:15, 24; Deuteronomy 28:57; 2 Samuel 12:12; Jeremiah 37:17; Jeremiah 38:16; Jeremiah 40:15; Isaiah 45:19; Isaiah 48:16; Job 13:10; Job 31:27; Proverbs 21:14; Psalm 101:5.

סִתְרָה noun feminine shelter, protection, יְהִי עֲלֵיכֶם ס׳ Deuteronomy 32:38 (read perhaps יהיו, compare Dr) let them (the strange gods) be over you as a shelter.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

13:7; 27:15; 27:24; 28:57; 32:38

Judges

3:19; 3:19

1 Samuel

19:2; 25:20; 25:20

2 Samuel

12:12; 12:12; 22:12; 22:12

Job

13:10; 22:14; 24:15; 31:27; 40:21

Psalms

18:12; 18:12; 27:5; 31:21; 32:7; 61:5; 91:1; 101:5; 119:114; 119:114; 139:15; 139:15

Proverbs

9:17; 9:17; 21:14; 25:23; 25:23

Song of Songs

2:14

Isaiah

16:6; 28:17; 32:2; 45:19; 48:16

Jeremiah

37:17; 38:16; 40:15

H5643

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Strong's Number H5643 matches the Hebrew סֵתֶר (sēṯer),
which occurs 36 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38 - Who took the fat of their offerings, and the wine of their drink offering? Let them now come to your help, let them be your salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:19 - But he himself, turning back from the stone images at Gilgal, said, I have something to say to you in secret, O king. And he said, Let there be quiet. Then all those who were waiting before him went out.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - And Jonathan said to David, Saul, my father, is purposing your death: so now, take care in the morning, and keep yourself safe in a secret place:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20 - Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 - He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27 - A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 - He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5 - For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4 - I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 - I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114 - You are my secret place and my breastplate against danger; my hope is in your word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:15 - My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17 - Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14 - By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 - O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4 - Let those who have been forced out of Moab have a resting-place with you; be a cover to them from him who is making waste their land: till the cruel ones are cut off, and wasting has come to an end, and those who take pleasure in crushing the poor are gone from the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 - And I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm will take away the safe place of false words, and the secret place will be covered by the flowing waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 - I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:16 - Come near to me, and give ear to this; from the start I did not keep it secret; from the time of its coming into existence I was there: and now the Lord God has sent me, and given me his spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:17 - Then King Zedekiah sent and got him out: and the king, questioning him secretly in his house, said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is. Then he said, You will be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:16 - So King Zedekiah gave his oath to Jeremiah secretly, saying, By the living Lord, who gave us our life, I will not put you to death, or give you up to these men who are desiring to take your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, said to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, Let me now go and put Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to death without anyone's knowledge: why let him take your life so that all the Jews who have come together to you may be sent in flight, and the rest of the men of Judah come to an end?
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