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Lexicon :: Strong's H5640 - sāṯam

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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 Box 2Ki 3:19

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:25

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:3

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 - وَتَجَمَّعَ جُمْهُورٌ غَفِيرٌ، رَدَمُوا جَمِيعَ الْيَنَابِيعِ وَالنَّهْرَ الْجَارِيَ فِي وَسَطِ الأَرْضِ قَائِلِينَ: «لِمَاذَا يَأْتِي مُلُوكُ أَشُّورَ وَيَجِدُونَ مِيَاهاً غَزِيرَةً؟»

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:7

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:6

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:3

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:26

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:4

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:9 - فَأَجَابَ: «اذْهَبْ يَا دَانِيَالُ لأَنَّ الْكَلِمَاتِ مَكْتُومَةٌ وَمَخْتُومَةٌ إِلَى وَقْتِ النِّهَايَةِ.
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