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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 - si tibi voluerit persuadere frater tuus filius matris tuae aut filius tuus vel filia sive uxor quae est in sinu tuo aut amicus quem diligis ut animam tuam clam dicens eamus et serviamus diis alienis quos ignoras tu et patres tui

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - maledictus homo qui facit sculptile et conflatile abominationem Domini opus manuum artificum ponetque illud in abscondito et respondebit omnis populus et dicet amen

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - maledictus qui clam percusserit proximum suum et dicet omnis populus amen

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - et inluvie secundarum quae egrediuntur de medio feminum eius et super liberis qui eadem hora nati sunt comedent enim eos clam propter rerum omnium penuriam in obsidione et vastitate qua opprimet te inimicus tuus intra portas tuas

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:38 - de quorum victimis comedebant adipes et bibebant vinum libaminum surgant et opitulentur vobis et in necessitate vos protegant

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:19 - et reversus de Galgalis ubi erant idola dixit ad regem verbum secretum habeo ad te o rex et ille imperavit silentium egressisque omnibus qui circa eum erant

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:2 - et indicavit Ionathan David dicens quaerit Saul pater meus occidere te quapropter observa te quaeso mane et manebis clam et absconderis

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20 - cum ergo ascendisset asinum et descenderet ad radices montis David et viri eius descendebant in occursum eius quibus et illa occurrit

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - tu enim fecisti abscondite ego vero faciam verbum istud in conspectu omnis Israhel et in conspectu solis

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:10 - ipse vos arguet quoniam in abscondito faciem eius accipitis

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:14 - nubes latibulum eius nec nostra considerat et circa cardines caeli perambulat

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:15 - oculus adulteri observat caliginem dicens non me videbit oculus et operiet vultum suum

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:27 - et lactatum est in abscondito cor meum et osculatus sum manum meam ore meo

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 - [Vulgate 40:16] sub umbra dormit in secreto calami et locis humentibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:11 - [Vulgate 17:12] posuit tenebras latibulum suum in circuitu eius tabernaculum eius tenebrosas aquas in nubibus aetheris

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5 - [Vulgate 26:5] abscondet enim me in umbra sua in die pessima abscondet me in secreto tabernaculi sui

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - [Vulgate 30:21] abscondes eos in protectione vultus tui a duritia viri abscondes eos in umbra a contradictione linguarum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - [Vulgate 31:7] tu es protectio mea ab hoste custodies me laus mea salvans circumdabis me semper

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 61:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:4 - [Vulgate 60:5] habitabo in tabernaculo tuo iugiter sperabo in protectione alarum tuarum semper

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - [Vulgate 80:8] in tribulatione invocasti et erui te exaudivi te in abscondito tonitrui probavi te super aquam Contradictionis semper

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - [Vulgate 90:1] qui habitat in abscondito Excelsi in umbraculo Domini commorabitur

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 - [Vulgate 100:5] loquentem in abscondito contra proximum suum hunc interficiam superbum oculis et altum corde cum hoc esse non potero

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:114

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:114 - [Vulgate 118:114] protectio mea et scutum meum tu es verbum tuum expectavi

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:15 - [Vulgate 138:15] non sunt operta ossa mea a te quibus factus sum in abscondito imaginatus sum in novissimis terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17 - aquae furtivae dulciores sunt et panis absconditus suavior

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14 - munus absconditum extinguet iras et donum in sinu indignationem maximam

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - ventus aquilo dissipat pluvias et facies tristis linguam detrahentem

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 - columba mea in foraminibus petrae in caverna maceriae ostende mihi faciem tuam sonet vox tua in auribus meis vox enim tua dulcis et facies tua decora

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:4 - habitabunt apud te profugi mei Moab esto latibulum eorum a facie vastatoris finitus est enim pulvis consummatus est miser defecit qui conculcabat terram

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 - et ponam iudicium in pondere et iustitiam in mensura et subvertet grando spem mendacii et protectionem aquae inundabunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - et erit vir sicut qui absconditur a vento et celat se a tempestate sicut rivi aquarum in siti et umbra petrae prominentis in terra deserta

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 - non in abscondito locutus sum in loco terrae tenebroso non dixi semini Iacob frustra quaerite me ego Dominus loquens iustitiam adnuntians recta

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:16 - accedite ad me et audite hoc non a principio in abscondito locutus sum ex tempore antequam fieret ibi eram et nunc Dominus Deus misit me et spiritus eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:17 - [Vulgate 37:16] mittens autem rex Sedecias tulit eum et interrogavit in domo sua abscondite et dixit putasne est sermo a Domino et dixit Hieremias est et ait in manu regis Babylonis traderis

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:16 - iuravit ergo rex Sedecias Hieremiae clam dicens vivit Dominus qui fecit nobis animam hanc si occidero te et si tradidero te in manu virorum istorum qui quaerunt animam tuam

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Iohanan vero filius Caree dixit ad Godoliam seorsum in Masphat loquens ibo et percutiam Ismahel filium Nathaniae nullo sciente ne interficiat animam tuam et dissipentur omnes Iudaei qui congregati sunt ad te et peribunt reliquiae Iuda
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