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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 Gen 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. He called them by the names which his father had called them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - “Also you shall attack every fortified city and every choice city, and shall cut down every good tree, and stop up every spring of water, and ruin every good piece of land with stones.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - Then they destroyed the cities, and each man threw a stone on every good piece of land and filled it; and they stopped up all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees. But they left the stones of Kir Haraseth intact. However the slingers surrounded and attacked it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:3 - he consulted with his leaders and commanders[fn] to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city; and they helped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 - Thus many people gathered together who stopped all the springs and the brook that ran through the land, saying, “Why should the kings[fn] of Assyria come and find much water?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - This same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon, and brought the water by tunnel[fn] to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - Now it happened, when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the gaps were beginning to be closed, that they became very angry,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 - Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:8 - Even when I cry and shout,
He shuts out my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:3 - (Behold, you are wiser than Daniel!
There is no secret that can be hidden from you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:26 - “And the vision of the evenings and mornings
Which was told is true;
Therefore seal up the vision,
For it refers to many days in the future.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:4 - “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:9 - And he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
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