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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.
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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 - (LXX 13:7) And if thy brother by thy father or mother, or thy son, or daughter, or thy wife in thy bosom, or friend who is equal to thine own soul, entreat thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - Cursed is the man whosoever shall make a graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of craftsmen, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - Cursed is he that smites his neighbour secretly: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - and her [fn]offspring that comes out between her feet, and the child which she shall bear; for she shall eat them because of the want of all things, secretly in thy straitness, and in thy affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee in thy cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38 - the fat of whose sacrifices ye ate, and ye drank the wine of their drink-offerings? let them arise and help you, and be your protectors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:19 - And he himself returned from the quarries that are by Galgal; and Aod said, I have a secret errand to thee, O king! and Eglom said to him, Be silent: and he sent away from his presence all who waited upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - And Jonathan, Saul's son, [fn]loved David much: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul seeks to kill thee: take heed to thyself therefore to-morrow morning, and hide thyself, and dwell in secret.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20 - And it came to pass when she had mounted her ass and was going down by the covert of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down to meet her, and she met them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - For thou didst it secretly, but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and before this sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 - he will not reprove you at all the less: but if moreover ye should secretly respect persons,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - and the eye of the adulterer has watched for the darkness, saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on his face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27 - and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 - He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - (LXX 17:12) And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, even dark water in the clouds of the air.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5 - (LXX 26:5) For in the day of mine afflictions he hid me in his tabernacle: he sheltered me in the secret of his tabernacle; he set me up on a rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - (LXX 30:21) Thou wilt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the vexation of man: thou wilt screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - (LXX 31:7) Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4 - (LXX 60:5) I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever; I will shelter myself under the shadow of thy wings. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - (LXX 80:8) Thou didst call upon me in trouble, and I delivered thee; I heard thee in the secret place of the storm: I proved thee at the water of [fn]Strife. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - (LXX 90:1) Praise of a Song, by David. He that dwells in the help of the Highest, shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 - (LXX 100:5) Him that privily speaks against his neighbour, him have I driven from me: he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart,—with him I have not eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114 - (LXX 118:114) Thou art my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in thy words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:15 - (LXX 138:15) My bones which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17 - Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14 - A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north wind raises clouds; so an impudent face provokes the tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 - Thou art my dove, in the shelter of the rock, near the wall: shew me thy face, and cause me to hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet, and thy countenance is beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4 - The fugitives of Moab shall sojourn with thee; they shall be to you a shelter from the face of the pursuer: for thine alliance has been taken away, and the oppressing ruler has perished from off the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 - And I will cause judgment to be for hope, and my compassion shall be for just measures, and ye that trust vainly in falsehood shall fall: for the storm shall by no means pass by you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - And a man shall hide his words, and be hidden, as from rushing water, and shall appear in Sion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsty land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 - I have not spoken in secret, nor in a dark place of the earth: I said not to the seed of Jacob, Seek vanity: [fn]I, even I, am the Lord, speaking righteousness, and proclaiming truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:16 - Draw nigh to me, and hear ye these words; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: when it took place, there was I, and now the Lord, even the Lord, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:17 - (LXX 44:17) Then Sedekias sent, and called him; and the king asked him secretly, saying, Is there a word from the Lord? and he said, There is: thou shalt be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:16 - (LXX 45:16) And the king swore to him, saying, As the Lord lives who gave us this soul, I will not slay thee, neither will I give thee into the hands of these men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - (LXX 47:15) And Joanan said to Godolias secretly in Massepha, I will go now and smite Ismael, and let no man know it; lest he slay thee, and all the Jews that are gathered to thee be dispersed, and the remnant of Juda perish.
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