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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 -

“If H3588 your brother H251, your mother’s H517 son H1121, or H176 your son H1121 or H176 daughter H1323, or H176 the wife H802 [fn]you cherish H2436, or H176 your friend H7453 who H834 is like your own soul H5315, entices H5496 you secretly H5643, saying H559, ‘Let’s go H1980 and serve H5647 other H312 gods H430’ (whom H834 neither H3808 you nor H3808 your fathers H1 have known H3045,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 -

‘Cursed H779 is the person H376 who H834 makes H6213 a carved H6459 image H6459 or cast H4541 metal H4541 image H4541, an abomination H8441 to the LORD H3068, the work H4639 of the hands H3027 of a craftsman H2796, and sets H7760 it up H7760 in secret H5643.’ And all H3605 the people H5971 shall reply H6030 and say H559, ‘Amen H543.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 -

‘Cursed H779 is he who attacks H5221 his neighbor H7453 in secret H5643.’ And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say H559, ‘Amen H543.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - and toward her afterbirth H7988 that comes H3318 from between H996 her [fn]legs H7272, and toward her children H1121 to whom H834 she gives H3205 birth H3205, because H3588 she will eat H398 them secretly H5643 for lack H2640 of anything H3605 else, during the siege H4692 and the hardship H4689 with which H834 your enemy H340 will [fn]oppress H6693 you in your [fn]towns H8179.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38 -

‘Those who H834 ate H398 the fat H2459 of their sacrifices H2077,

And drank H8354 the wine H3196 of their drink H5257 offering H5257?

Let them rise H6965 up H6965 and help H5826 you,

Let them be your protection H5643!

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:19 - But he himself H1931 turned H7725 back H7725 from the idols H6456 which H834 were at Gilgal H1537, and said H559, “I have a secret H5643 message H1697 for you, O king H4428.” And the king said H559, “Silence H2013!” And all H3605 who were attending H5975 him left H3318 him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - So Jonathan H3083 informed H5046 David H1732, saying H559, “My father H1 Saul H7586 is seeking H1245 to put H4191 you to H4191 death H4191. Now H6258 then, please H4994 be on your guard H8104 in the morning H1242, and stay H3427 in a hiding H5643 place H5643 and conceal H2244 yourself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20 - And it happened H1961 as she was riding H7392 on her donkey H2543 and coming H3381 down H3381 by the hidden H5643 part H5643 of the mountain H2022, that behold H2009, David H1732 and his men H376 were coming H3381 down H3381 toward H7122 her; so she met H6298 them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - ‘Indeed H3588, you did H6213 it secretly H5643, but I will do H6213 this H2088 thing H1697 before H5048 all H3605 Israel H3478, and [fn]in open H5048 daylight H8121.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 -

“He will certainly H3198 punish H3198 you

If H518 you secretly H5643 show H5375 partiality H6440 H5375.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 -

‘Clouds H5645 are a hiding H5643 place H5643 for Him, so that He cannot H3808 see H7200;

And He walks H1980 on the [fn]vault H2329 of heaven H8064.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 -

“The eye H5869 of the adulterer H5003 watches H8104 for [fn]twilight H5399,

Saying H559, ‘No H3808 eye H5869 will see H7789 me.’

And he [fn]disguises H7760 H5643 his face H6440.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27 -

And my heart H3820 was secretly H5643 enticed H6601,

And my hand H3027 [fn]threw H5401 a H5401 kiss H5401 from my mouth H6310,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 -

“He lies H7901 down H7901 under H8478 the lotus H6628 plants H6628,

In the hiding H5643 place H5643 of the reeds H7070 and the marsh H1207.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 -

He made H7896 darkness H2822 His hiding H5643 place H5643, His [fn]canopy H5521 around H5439 Him,

Darkness H2825 of waters H4325, thick H5645 clouds H5645 H7834.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5 -

For on the day H3117 of trouble H7451 He will conceal H6845 me in His [fn]tabernacle H5520;

He will hide H5641 me in the secret H5643 place H5643 of His tent H168;

He will lift H7311 me up H7311 on a rock H6697.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 -

You hide H5641 them in the secret H5643 place H5643 of Your presence H6440 from the conspiracies H7407 of mankind H376;

You keep H6845 them secretly H6845 in a [fn]shelter H5521 from the strife H7379 of tongues H3956.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 -

You are my hiding H5643 place H5643; You keep H5341 me from trouble H6862;

You surround H5437 me with [fn]songs H7438 of deliverance H6405. Selah H5542

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4 -

Let me [fn]dwell H1481 in Your tent H168 forever H5769;

Let me take H2620 refuge H2620 in the shelter H5643 of Your wings H3671. Selah H5542

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 -

“You called H7121 in trouble H6869 and I rescued H2502 you;

I answered H6030 you in the hiding H5643 place H5643 of thunder H7482;

I put H974 you to H974 the H974 test H974 at the waters H4325 of Meribah H4809. Selah H5542

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 -

One who dwells H3427 in the shelter H5643 of the Most H5945 High H5945

Will lodge H3885 in the shadow H6738 of the Almighty H7706.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 -

Whoever secretly H5643 slanders H3960 his neighbor H7453, him I will [fn]destroy H6789;

I will not endure H3201 one who has a haughty H1364 look H5869 and an arrogant H7342 heart H3824.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114 -

You are my hiding H5643 place H5643 and my shield H4043;

I [fn]wait H3176 for Your word H1697.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:15 -

My [fn]frame H6108 was not hidden H3582 from You

When H834 I was made H6213 in secret H5643,

And skillfully H7551 formed H7551 in the depths H8482 of the earth H776;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17 -

“Stolen H1589 water H4325 is sweet H4985;

And bread H3899 eaten in secret H5643 is H5276 pleasant H5276.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14 -

A gift H4976 in secret H5643 subdues H3711 anger H639,

And a bribe H7810 [fn]in an inside H2436 pocket H2436, strong H5794 wrath H2534.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 -

The north H6828 wind H7307 brings H2342 rain H1653,

And a [fn]gossiping H5643 tongue H3956 brings an angry H2194 face H6440.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 -

The Groom

“My dove H3123, in the clefts H2288 of the [fn]rock H5553,

In the hiding H5643 place H5643 of the mountain H4095 pathway H4095,

Let me see H7200 [fn]how H4758 you look H4758,

Let me hear H8085 your voice H6963;

For your voice H6963 is pleasant H6156,

And [fn]you look H4758 delightful H5000.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4 -

“Let the [fn]outcasts H5080 of Moab H4124 stay H1481 with you;

Be a hiding H5643 place H5643 to them from the destroyer H7703.”

For the oppressor H4160 has come H656 to H656 an H656 end H656, destruction H7701 has ceased H3615,

Oppressors H7429 have been removed H8552 from the land H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 -

“I will make H7760 justice H4941 the measuring H6957 line H6957

And righteousness H6666 the level H4949;

Then hail H1259 will sweep H3261 away H3261 the refuge H4268 of lies H3577,

And the waters H4325 will overflow H7857 the secret H5643 place H5643.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 -

Each H376 will be like a refuge H4224 from the wind H7307

And a shelter H5643 from the storm H2230,

Like [fn]streams H6388 of water H4325 in a dry H6724 country H6724,

Like the shade H6738 of a [fn]huge H3515 rock H5553 in an exhausted H5889 land H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 -

“I have not spoken H1696 in secret H5643,

In [fn]some H4725 dark H2822 land H776;

I did not say H559 to the [fn]offspring H2233 of Jacob H3290,

‘Seek H1245 Me in [fn]a wasteland H8414’;

I, the LORD H3068, speak H1696 righteousness H6664,

Declaring H5046 things H4339 that H4339 are H4339 right H4339.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:16 -

“Come H7126 near H7126 to Me, listen H8085 to this H2088:

From the beginning H7218 I have not spoken H1696 in secret H5643,

From the time H6256 it took H1961 place H1961, I was there H8033.

And now H6258 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 has sent H7971 Me, and His Spirit H7307.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:17 -

Now King H4428 Zedekiah H6667 sent H7971 men and took H3947 him out; and in his palace H1004 the king H4428 secretly H5643 asked H7592 him and said H559, “Is H3426 there H3426 a word H1697 from the LORD H3068?” And Jeremiah H3414 said H559, “There H3426 is H3426!” Then he said H559, “You will be handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to the king H4428 of Babylon H894!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:16 - But King H4428 Zedekiah H6667 swore H7650 to Jeremiah H3414 in secret H5643, saying H559, “As the LORD H3068 lives H2416, who H834 made H6213 this H2088 [fn]life H5315 for us, I certainly H518 will not put H4191 you to H4191 death H4191, nor H518 will I hand H5414 H3027 you over H5414 to these H428 men H376 who H834 are seeking H1245 your [fn]life H5315.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan H3076 the son H1121 of Kareah H7143 spoke H559 secretly H5643 to Gedaliah H1436 in Mizpah H4709, saying H559, “Let me go H1980 and kill H5221 Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, and no H3808 one H376 will know H3045! Why H4100 should he take H5221 your life H5315, so that all H3605 the Jews H3063 who are gathered H6908 to you would be scattered H6327 and the remnant H7611 of Judah H3063 would perish H6?”
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