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Lexicon :: Strong's H5640 - sāṯam

Aa
סָתַם
Transliteration
sāṯam
Pronunciation
saw-tham'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1550

Strong’s Definitions

סָתַם çâtham, saw-tham'; or שָׂתַם sâtham; (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root; to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret:—closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H5640 in the following manner: stop (8x), shut up (2x), hidden (1x), shut out (1x), secret (1x), close up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H5640 in the following manner: stop (8x), shut up (2x), hidden (1x), shut out (1x), secret (1x), close up (1x).

  1. to stop up, shut up, keep close

    1. (Qal)

      1. to stop up

      2. to shut up, keep close

      3. secret (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be stopped up

    3. (Piel) to stop up

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָתַם çâtham, saw-tham'; or שָׂתַם sâtham; (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root; to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret:—closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.
STRONGS H5640: Abbreviations
† סָתַם verb stop up, shut up, keep close (Late Hebrew id.; Targum סְתַם id.; Syriac bdb071103 (bdb071104 very rare); Arabic bdb071105 close door Lane1334, and bdb071106 Kam Frey, are perhaps loan-words); **compare Assyrian bit sutummu, storehouse, treasury, ZehnpfBAS i. 531. —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ס׳ 2 Chronicles 32:30; Imperfect 2nd person masculine plural תִּסְתֹּ֑מוּ 2 Kings 3:19; 3rd person masculine plural יִסְתֹּ֑מוּ 2 Kings 3:25, וַיִּסְתְּמוּ 2 Chronicles 32:4; Imperative masculine singular סְתֹם Daniel 8:26; Daniel 12:4; Infinitive construct לִסְתּוֺם 2 Chronicles 32:3; Passive participle סָתוּם Ezekiel 28:3, סָתֻם Psalm 51:8, plural סְתֻמִים Daniel 12:9; —
1. stop up springs of water 2 Kings 3:19, 25; 2 Chronicles 32:3, 4, compare 2 Chronicles 32:30.
2. shut up, keep close, prophetic words Daniel 8:26; Daniel 12:4, 9; בְּסָתֻם Psalm 51:8 in (the) closed (chamber of the breast; || טֻחוֺת). — כָּלסָֿתוּם Ezekiel 28:3 usually no secret is too dark for thee, but doubtful (see II. עמם); Greek Version of the LXX σοφοί, Co חַרְטֻמִּים < Toy חֲכָמִים, or Berthol. קֹסְמִים.
Niph. Infinitive construct לְהִסָּתֵם Nehemiah 4:1 the breaches [in the walls] had begun to be stopped up.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person plural suffix סִתְּמוּם Genesis 26:16; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural suffix וַיְסַתְּמוּם Genesis 26:18, both of stopping wells quite up (RJE).

† שָׂתַם verb usually stop up, in sense of shut out, shut ears against (late || form of סָתַם; yet awkward; BaES 9 compare Arabic bdb097903 frustrate, disappoint); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular תְּפִלָּתִי שׂ׳ Lamentations 3:8 (> van d. H. שָׂתָם) he (י׳) hath shut out my prayer (Bu מתּ׳ שׂ׳ shut up [himself] from).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:16; 26:18

2 Kings

3:19; 3:19; 3:25; 3:25

2 Chronicles

32:3; 32:3; 32:4; 32:4; 32:30; 32:30

Nehemiah

4:1

Esther

9

Psalms

51:8; 51:8

Lamentations

3:8

Ezekiel

28:3; 28:3

Daniel

8:26; 8:26; 12:4; 12:4; 12:9; 12:9

H5640

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Strong's Number H5640 matches the Hebrew סָתַם (sāṯam),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - For all H3605 the wells H875 which H834 his father's H1 servants H5650 had digged H2658 in the days H3117 of Abraham H85 his father, H1 the Philistines H6430 had stopped them, H5640 and filled them H4390 with earth. H6083

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - And H7725➔ Isaac H3327 digged H2658 again ➔H7725 the wells H875 of water, H4325 which H834 they had digged H2658 in the days H3117 of Abraham H85 his father; H1 for H5640➔ the Philistines H6430 had stopped them ➔ H5640 after H310 the death H4194 of Abraham: H85 and he called H7121 their names H8034 after the names H8034 by which H834 his father H1 had called H7121 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - And ye shall smite H5221 every H3605 fenced H4013 city, H5892 and every H3605 choice H4004 city, H5892 and H3605➔ shall fell H5307 every ➔H3605 good H2896 tree, H6086 and H3605➔ stop H5640 all ➔H3605 wells H4599 of water, H4325 and H3605➔ mar H3510 every ➔H3605 good H2896 piece of land H2513 with stones. H68

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - And H5892➔ they beat down H2040 the cities, ➔H5892 and on every H3605 good H2896 piece of land H2513 cast H7993 every man H376 his stone, H68 and filled it; H4390 and H3605➔ they stopped H5640 all ➔H3605 the wells H4599 of water, H4325 and H3605➔ felled H5307 all ➔H3605 the H6086➔ good H2896 trees: ➔H6086 only H5704 in Kirharaseth H7025 H7025 left they H7604 the stones thereof; H68 howbeit H5437➔ the slingers H7051 went about ➔H5437 it, and smote it. H5221

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:3 - He took counsel H3289 with H5973 his princes H8269 and his mighty men H1368 to stop H5640 the waters H4325 of the fountains H5869 which H834 were without H2351 the city: H5892 and they did help him. H5826

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 - So there was gathered H6908➔ much H7227 people H5971 together, ➔H6908 who stopped H5640 all H3605 the fountains, H4599 and H853 the brook H5158 that ran H7857 through the midst H8432 of the land, H776 saying, H559 Why H4100 should H935➔ the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 come, ➔H935 and find H4672 much H7227 water? H4325

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - This same H1931➔ Hezekiah H2396 also ➔H1931 stopped H5640 the upper H5945 watercourse H4161 H4325 of Gihon, H1521 and brought it straight H3474 down H4295 to the west side H4628 of the city H5892 of David. H1732 And H6743➔ Hezekiah H2396 prospered ➔H6743 in all H3605 his works. H4639

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - But it came to pass, H1961 that when H834 Sanballat, H5571 and Tobiah, H2900 and the Arabians, H6163 and the Ammonites, H5984 and the Ashdodites, H796 heard H8085 that H3588 the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 were made up, H5927 H724 and that H3588 the breaches H6555 began H2490 to be stopped, H5640 then H2734➔ they were ➔H2734➔ very H3966 wroth, ➔H2734

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 - Behold, H2005 thou desirest H2654 truth H571 in the inward parts: H2910 and in the hidden H5640 part thou shalt make me to know H3045 wisdom. H2451

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:8 - Also H1571 when H3588 I cry H2199 and shout, H7768 he shutteth out H5640 my prayer. H8605

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:3 - Behold, H2009 thou H859 art wiser H2450 than Daniel; H1840 there is H5640➔ no H3808 secret ➔ H5640 that they can hide from thee: H6004

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:9 - And he said, H559 Go thy way, H3212 Daniel: H1840 for H3588 the words H1697 are closed up H5640 and sealed H2856 till H5704 the time H6256 of the end. H7093
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