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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 - and all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines have stopped them, and fill them with dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - and Isaac turneth back, and diggeth the wells of water which they digged in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines do stop after the death of Abraham, and he calleth to them names according to the names which his father called them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - and ye have smitten every fenced city, and every choice city, and every good tree ye cause to fall, and all fountains of waters ye stop, and every good portion ye mar with stones.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - and the cities they break down, and on every good portion they cast each his stone, and have filled it, and every fountain of water they stop, and every good tree they cause to fall -- till one had left its stones in Kir-Haraseth, and the slingers go round and smite it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:3 - and he taketh counsel with his heads and his mighty ones, to stop the waters of the fountains that are at the outside of the city -- and they help him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:4 - and much people are gathered, and they stop all the fountains and the brook that is rushing into the midst of the land, saying, 'Why do the kings of Asshur come, and have found much water?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - And Hezekiah himself hath stopped the upper source of the waters of Gihon, and directeth them beneath to the west of the city of David, and Hezekiah prospereth in all his work;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening hath gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 - Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:8 - Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:3 - Lo, thou art wiser than Daniel, No hidden thing have they concealed from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:26 - And the appearance of the evening and of the morning, that is told, is true; and thou, hide thou the vision, for it is after many days.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:4 - And thou, O Daniel, hide the things, and seal the book till the time of the end, many do go to and fro, and knowledge is multiplied.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:9 - And he saith, 'Go, Daniel; for hidden and sealed are the things till the time of the end;
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