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Lexicon :: Strong's H6845 - ṣāp̄an

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צָפַן
Transliteration
ṣāp̄an
Pronunciation
tsaw-fan'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1953

Strong’s Definitions

צָפַן tsâphan, tsaw-fan'; a primitive root; to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk:—esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H6845 in the following manner: hide (16x), lay up (7x), esteemed (1x), lurk (1x), hidden ones (1x), privily (1x), secret places (1x), secret (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H6845 in the following manner: hide (16x), lay up (7x), esteemed (1x), lurk (1x), hidden ones (1x), privily (1x), secret places (1x), secret (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. to hide, treasure, treasure or store up

    1. (Qal)

      1. to hide, treasure, treasure up

      2. to lie hidden, lurk

    2. (Niphal) to be hidden, be stored up

    3. (Hiphil) to hide, hide from discovery

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָפַן tsâphan, tsaw-fan'; a primitive root; to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk:—esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).
STRONGS H6845: Abbreviations
† צָפַן verb hide, treasure up (Late Hebrew id.; Tel Amarna ṣapânu; set, of sun); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular צ׳ Proverbs 27:16: 2nd person masculine singular צָפַנְתָּ Job 10:13 +, etc.; Imperfect יִצְפֹּן Job 21:19 + Proverbs 2:7 Qr (Kt רצפן), suffix יִצְפְּנֵנִי Psalm 27:5, etc.; Participle active plural suffix צֹפְנֶיהָ Proverbs 27:16; passive צָפוֺן Proverbs 13:22 +, Psalm 17:14 Kt; feminine צְפוּנָךְ Hosea 13:12, etc.; —
1. transitive hide, with accusative of person Exodus 2:2 (E), Joshua 2:4 (JE), of hiding a quarrelsome woman, like hiding wind Proverbs 27:16 (twice in verse) (si vera lectio; compare Toy); of י׳'s hiding his servants (from evil) Psalm 27:5; Psalm 31:21: = treasure up a thing, Proverbs 10:14, + אִתְּךָ with thyself, in thine own keeping Proverbs 2:1 = Proverbs 7:1, in (ב) the heart Job 10:13 (subject י׳; of secret purposes), Psalm 119:11, compare Job 23:12; + ל person Proverbs 13:22; Songs 7:14 [Songs 7:13], subject י׳ Job 21:19 reserve penalty; blessings Psalm 31:20; Proverbs 2:7 + מִן Job 17:4 thou [God] hast treasured up their heart away from understanding, kept it therefrom; passive, of sin Hosea 13:12 (absolute; || צָרוּר); read possibly צָפוּן for צָפוּ Job 15:22 treasured up for (אֱלֵי) the sword (see I. H6822 צפה); צָפוּן = treasured, cherished place (i.e. Jerusalem) Ezekiel 7:22; = treasure Psalm 17:14 Qr (Kt צפינך, see H6840 צפין), Job 20:26 (on dubious text see Bu); plural of י׳'s treasured ones, his saints Psalm 83:4.
2. intransitive lie hid, lurk, absolute Psalm 56:7, with ל person Proverbs 1:11, 18 and (of eyes of wicked) Psalm 10:8.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִצְפַּן Jeremiah 16:17 be hidden from before (מִנֶּנֶד) י׳'s eyes (|| נִסְתְּרוּ); 3rd person plural נִצְפְּנוּ Job 24:1 + מִשַׁדַּי stored up on the part of shadday; stored up for (ל) one Job 15:20.
Hiph. hide, = Qal: Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix תַּצְפִּנֵנִי Job 14:18, with ב location; 3rd person masculine plural יצפינו Psalm 56:7 Kt (but < Qr see Qal); Infinitive construct suffix הַצְּפִינוֺ (Ges§ 20 h) Exodus 2:3 to hide him.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

2:2; 2:3

Joshua

2:4

Job

10:13; 10:13; 14:18; 15:20; 15:22; 17:4; 20:26; 21:19; 21:19; 23:12; 24:1

Psalms

10:8; 17:14; 17:14; 27:5; 27:5; 31:20; 31:21; 56:7; 56:7; 83:4; 119:11

Proverbs

1:11; 1:18; 2:1; 2:7; 2:7; 7:1; 10:14; 13:22; 13:22; 27:16; 27:16; 27:16

Song of Songs

7:13

Jeremiah

16:17

Ezekiel

7:22

Hosea

13:12; 13:12

H6845

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Strong's Number H6845 matches the Hebrew צָפַן (ṣāp̄an),
which occurs 32 times in 31 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2 - And she conceived, and bore a male child; and having seen that he was fair, they hid him three months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - And when they could no longer hide him, his mother took for him an ark, and besmeared it with [fn]bitumen, and cast the child into it, and put it in the ooze by the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 - And the woman took the two men and hid them; and she spoke to [fn]the messengers, saying, The men came in to me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:13 - Having these things in thyself, I know that thou canst do all things; for nothing is impossible with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:20 - All the life of the ungodly is spent in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:4 - For thou hast hid their heart from wisdom; therefore thou shalt not exalt them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - Let his substance fail to supply his children: God shall recompense him, and he shall know it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 - neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1 - But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 - (LXX 9:29) He lies in wait with rich men in secret places, in order to slay the innocent: his eyes are [fn]set against the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - (LXX 16:14) because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with [fn]uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5 - (LXX 26:5) For in the day of mine afflictions he hid me in his tabernacle: he sheltered me in the secret of his tabernacle; he set me up on a rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19 - (LXX 30:20) How abundant is the multitude of thy goodness, O Lord, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee! thou hast wrought it out for them that hope on thee, in the presence of the sons of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - (LXX 30:21) Thou wilt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the vexation of man: thou wilt screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:6 - (LXX 55:7) They will dwell near and hide themselves; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:3 - (LXX 82:4) Against thy people they have craftily imagined a device, and have taken counsel against thy saints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:11 - (LXX 118:11) I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:11 - If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:18 - For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:1 - My son, if thou wilt receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with thee;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:7 - and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:1 - My son, keep my words, and hide with thee my commandments. (LXX 7:1a) My son, honour the Lord, and thou shalt be strong; and fear none but him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14 - The wise will hide discretion; but the mouth of the hasty draws near to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:22 - A good man shall inherit children's children; and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:16 - The north wind is sharp, but it is called by name propitious.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:13 - (LXX 7:14) The mandrakes have given a smell, and at our doors are all kinds of choice fruits, new and old. O my kinsman, I have kept them for thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:17 - For mine eyes are upon all their ways; and their iniquities have not been hidden from mine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:22 - And I will turn away my face from them, and they shall defile my charge, and shall go in to them unguardedly, and profane them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:12 - Ephraim has framed a conspiracy of unrighteousness, his sin is hidden.
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