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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6845 matches the Hebrew צָפַן (ṣāp̄an),
which occurs 34 times in 31 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:2 - The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes[fn] and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 - But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. And she said, “True, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:13 - Yet these things you hid in your heart;
I know that this was your purpose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,
that you would conceal me until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:20 - The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:4 - Since you have closed their hearts to understanding,
therefore you will not let them triumph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures;
a fire not fanned will devour him;
what is left in his tent will be consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.’
Let him pay it out to them, that they may know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 - I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1 - “Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty,
and why do those who know him never see his days?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 - He sits in ambush in the villages;
in hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - from men by your hand, O LORD,
from men of the world whose portion is in this life.[fn]
You fill their womb with treasure;[fn]
they are satisfied with children,
and they leave their abundance to their infants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:5 - For he will hide me in his shelter
in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
he will lift me high upon a rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19 - Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
in the sight of the children of mankind!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - In the cover of your presence you hide them
from the plots of men;
you store them in your shelter
from the strife of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:6 - They stir up strife, they lurk;
they watch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:3 - They lay crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your treasured ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:11 - I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:11 - If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
let us ambush the innocent without reason;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:18 - but these men lie in wait for their own blood;
they set an ambush for their own lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:1 - My son, if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:7 - he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:1 - My son, keep my words
and treasure up my commandments with you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14 - The wise lay up knowledge,
but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:22 - A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:16 - to restrain her is to restrain the wind
or to grasp[fn] oil in one’s right hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:13 - The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
new as well as old,
which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:17 - For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from me, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:22 - I will turn my face from them, and they shall profane my treasured[fn] place. Robbers shall enter and profane it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:12 - The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
his sin is kept in store.
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