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Lexicon :: Strong's H5643 - sēṯer

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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Deu 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - “Cursed is anyone who makes an idol—a thing detestable to the LORD, the work of skilled hands—and sets it up in secret.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - “Cursed is anyone who kills their neighbor secretly.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38 - the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up to help you! Let them give you shelter!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:19 - But on reaching the stone images near Gilgal he himself went back to Eglon and said, “Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you.” The king said to his attendants, “Leave us!” And they all left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - and warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20 - As she came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, there were David and his men descending toward her, and she met them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 - He would surely call you to account if you secretly showed partiality.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he keeps his face concealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27 - so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 - Under the lotus plants it lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him— the dark rain clouds of the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5 - For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4 - I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 - Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:114

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114 - You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:15 - My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17 - “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14 - A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 - He: My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4 - Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you; be their shelter from the destroyer.” The oppressor will come to an end, and destruction will cease; the aggressor will vanish from the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 - I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 - I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob’s descendants, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I declare what is right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:16 - “Come near me and listen to this: “From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; at the time it happens, I am there.” And now the Sovereign LORD has sent me, endowed with his Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:17 - Then King Zedekiah sent for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there any word from the LORD?” “Yes,” Jeremiah replied, “you will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:16 - But King Zedekiah swore this oath secretly to Jeremiah: “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us breath, I will neither kill you nor hand you over to those who want to kill you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan son of Kareah said privately to Gedaliah in Mizpah, “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life and cause all the Jews who are gathered around you to be scattered and the remnant of Judah to perish?”
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