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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 - “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 as your own soul, H5315 entice H5496 you secretly, H5643 saying, H559 ‘Let us go H1980 and serve H5647 other H312 gods’ H430 (whom H834 neither H3808 you nor H3808 your fathers H1 have known, H3045

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - ‘Cursed H779 is the man H376 who H834 makes H6213 [fn]an idol H6459 or a molten H4541 image, H4541 an abomination H8441 to the LORD, H3068 the work H4639 of the hands H3027 of the craftsman, H2796 and sets H7760 it up in secret.’ H5643 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall answer H6030 and say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who strikes H5221 his neighbor H7453 in secret.’ H5643 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - and toward her afterbirth H7988 which issues H3318 from between H996 her [fn]legs H7272 and toward her children H1121 whom H834 she bears; H3205 for she will eat H398 them secretly H5643 for lack H2640 of anything H3605 else, during the siege H4692 and the distress H4689 by which H834 your enemy H340 will [fn]oppress H6693 you in your [fn]towns. H8179

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38 - ‘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 and help H5826 you,
Let them be your hiding H5643 place! H5643

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:19

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 he said, H559 “Keep H2013 silence.” H2013 And all H3605 who attended H5975 him left H3318 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - So Jonathan H3083 told H5046 David H1732 saying, H559 “Saul H7586 my father H1 is seeking H1245 to put H4191 you to death. H4191 Now H6258 therefore, please H4994 be on guard H8104 in the morning, H1242 and stay H3427 in a secret H5643 place H5643 and hide H2244 yourself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20 - It came H1961 about 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12

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]under H5048 the sun.’” H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 - “He will surely H3198 reprove H3198 you
If H518 you secretly H5643 show H5375 partiality. H6440 H5375

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - “The eye H5869 of the adulterer H5003 waits H8104 for the twilight, H5399
Saying, H559 ‘No H3808 eye H5869 will see H7789 me.’
And he [fn]disguises H7760 H5643 his face. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27 - And my heart H3820 became H6601 secretly H5643 enticed, H6601
And my hand H3027 [fn]threw H5401 a kiss H5401 from my mouth, H6310

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 - “Under H8478 the lotus H6628 plants H6628 he lies H7901 down, H7901
In the covert H5643 of the reeds H7070 and the marsh. H1207

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11

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 of the skies. H7834

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5 - For in the day H3117 of trouble H7451 He will conceal H6845 me in His [fn]tabernacle; H5520
In the secret H5643 place H5643 of His tent H168 He will hide H5641 me;
He will lift H7311 me up on a rock. H6697

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - You hide H5641 them in the secret H5643 place H5643 of Your presence H6440 from the conspiracies H7407 of man; H376
You keep H6845 them secretly H6845 in a [fn]shelter H5521 from the strife H7379 of tongues. H3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - You are my hiding H5643 place; H5643 You preserve H5341 me from trouble; H6862
You surround H5437 me with [fn]songs H7438 of deliverance. H6405 Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4

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 [fn]Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7

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 proved H974 you at the waters H4325 of Meribah. H4809 [fn]Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - He who dwells H3427 in the shelter H5643 of the Most H5945 High H5945
Will abide H3885 in the shadow H6738 of the Almighty. H7706

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 - Whoever secretly H5643 slanders H3960 his neighbor, H7453 him I will [fn]destroy; H6789
No H3808 one who has a haughty H1364 look H5869 and an arrogant H7342 heart H3824 will I endure. H3201

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114 - You are my hiding H5643 place H5643 and my shield; H4043
I [fn]wait H3176 for Your word. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:15

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 wrought H7551 in the depths H8482 of the earth; H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17 - “Stolen H1589 water H4325 is sweet; H4985
And bread H3899 eaten in secret H5643 is pleasant.” H5276

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14 - A gift H4976 in secret H5643 subdues H3711 anger, H639
And a bribe H7810 in the bosom, H2436 strong H5794 wrath. H2534

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north H6828 wind H7307 brings H2342 forth H2342 rain, H1653
And a [fn]backbiting H5643 tongue, H3956 an angry H2194 countenance. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 - “[fn]O my dove, H3123 in the clefts H2288 of the [fn]rock, H5553
In the secret H5643 place H5643 of the steep H4095 [fn]pathway, H4095
Let me see H7200 your [fn]form, H4758
Let me hear H8085 your voice; H6963
For your voice H6963 is sweet, H6156
And your [fn]form H4758 is lovely.” H5000

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4

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 extortioner H4160 has come H656 to an end, H656 destruction H7701 has ceased, H3615
Oppressors H7429 have completely H8552 disappeared from the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2

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 [fn]a parched H5889 land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19

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 waste H8414 place’; H8414
I, the LORD, H3068 speak H1696 righteousness, H6664
Declaring H5046 things H4339 that are upright. H4339

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:16 - “Come H7126 near H7126 to Me, listen H8085 to this: H2088
From the first 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:17 - Now King H4428 Zedekiah H6667 sent H7971 and took H3947 him out; and in his palace H1004 the king H4428 secretly H5643 asked H7592 him and said, H559 “Is there H3426 a word H1697 from the LORD?” H3068 And Jeremiah H3414 said, H559 “There H3426 is!” Then he said, H559 “You will be given H5414 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Babylon!” H894

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:16

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, surely H518 I will not put H4191 you to death H4191 nor H518 will I give H5414 you over to the hand H3027 of these H428 men H376 who H834 are seeking H1245 your [fn]life.” H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15

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 not a man 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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