מִסְתָּרmiçtâr
secret place, hiding place
Pronunciation: mis-tawr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4565
Meanings
1. secret place(s) (Jeremiah 13:17; Isaiah 45:3)
2. hiding-place(s)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 10:8 They lurk in ambush in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They are always searching for helpless victims.
- Psalms 10:9 Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets.
- Psalms 17:12 They are like hungry lions, eager to tear me apart— like young lions hiding in ambush.
- Psalms 64:4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
- Isaiah 45:3 And I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness— secret riches. I will do this so you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name.
- Jeremiah 13:17 And if you still refuse to listen, I will weep alone because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the Lord’s flock will be led away into exile.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).