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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 - Now all H3605 the wells H875 which H834 his father’s H1 servants H5650 had dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham H85, the Philistines H6430 stopped H5640 up H5640 [fn]by filling H4390 them with dirt H6083.

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Then Isaac H3327 dug H2658 again H7725 the wells H875 of water H4325 which H834 [fn]had been dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham H85, for the Philistines H6430 had stopped H5640 them up H5640 after H310 the death H4194 of Abraham H85; and he [fn]gave H7121 them the same H8034 names H8034 which H834 his father H1 had [fn]given H7121 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - ‘Then you shall strike H5221 every H3605 fortified H4013 city H5892 and every H3605 choice H4004 city H5892, and [fn]cut H5307 down H5307 every H3605 good H2896 tree H6086 and stop H5640 up H5640 all H3605 the springs H4599 of water H4325, and spoil H3510 every H3605 good H2896 plot H2513 of H2513 land H2513 with stones H68.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - So they destroyed H2040 the cities H5892; and each H376 one H376 threw H7993 a stone H68 on every H3605 plot H2513 of H2513 good H2896 land H2513 and filled H4390 it. So they stopped H5640 up H5640 every H3605 spring H4599 of water H4325 and [fn]cut H5307 down H5307 every H3605 good H2896 tree H6086, until H5704 in Kir-hareseth H7025 only they left H7604 its stones H68; however, the rock H7051 slingers H7051 surrounded H5437 it and struck H5221 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:3 - he decided H3289 with his officers H8269 and his warriors H1368 to cut H5640 off H5640 the supply of water H4325 from the springs H5869 which H834 were outside H4480 H2351 the city H5892, and they helped H5826 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 - So many H7227 people H5971 assembled H6908 and stopped H5640 up H5640 all H3605 the springs H4599 and the stream H5158 which flowed H7857 [fn]through H8432 the region H776, saying H559, “Why H4100 should the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 come H935 and find H4672 abundant H7227 water H4325?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - It was Hezekiah H2396 who stopped H5640 the upper H5945 outlet H4161 of the waters H4325 of Gihon H1521 and directed H3474 them to the west H4628 side H4628 of the city H5892 of David H1732. And Hezekiah H2396 was H6743 successful H6743 in everything H3605 that he did H4639.

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[fn]Now when H834 Sanballat H5571, Tobiah H2900, the Arabs H6163, the Ammonites H5984, and the Ashdodites H796 heard H8085 that the [fn]repair H724 of the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 went H5927 [fn]on, and that the breaches H6555 began H2490 to be H5640 closed H5640, they were H2734 very H3966 angry H2734.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 -

Behold H2005, You desire H2654 truth H571 in the [fn]innermost H2910 being H2910,

And in secret H5640 You will make wisdom H2451 known H3045 to me.

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Even H1571 when H3588 I cry H2199 out H2199 and call H7768 for H7768 help H7768,

He shuts H5640 out H5640 my prayer H8605.

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Behold H2009, you are wiser H2450 than H4480 Daniel H1840;

There is no H3605 H3808 secret H5640 that is H6004 a H6004 match H6004 for you!

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“And the vision H4758 of the evenings H6153 and mornings H1242

Which H834 has been told H559 is true H571;

But as for you, keep H5640 the vision H2377 secret H5640,

Because H3588 it pertains to many H7227 days H3117 in the future.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:4 - “But as for you, Daniel H1840, keep H5640 these words H1697 secret H5640 and seal H2856 up H2856 the book H5612 until H5704 the end H7093 of time H6256; many H7227 will roam H7751 about H7751, and knowledge H1847 will increase H7235.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:9 - And he said H559, “Go H1980 your way, Daniel H1840, for these words H1697 will be kept H5640 secret H5640 and sealed H2856 up H2856 until H5704 the end H7093 time H6256.
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