סָתַרçâthar

סָתַר: hide, conceal

Pronunciation: saw-thar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5641

Meanings

Niph`al

1. hide oneself (1 Samuel 20:5; 1 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 17:3)

2. be hid, concealed (Genesis 4:14; Jeremiah 16:17; Amos 9:3)

Pi`el: carefully hide, (i.e. shelter) (Isaiah 16:3)

Pu`al: carefully concealed (Proverbs 27:5)

Hithpa`el: hide oneself carefully (Isaiah 29:14; 1 Samuel 23:19; Psalms 54:2)

Hiph`il: conceal, hide (Psalms 10:11; Psalms 22:25; Psalms 30:8)

1. a person (2 Kings 11:2; 2 Chronicles 22:11; Psalms 64:3)

2. especially hide the face

c. hides, have hidden (Micah 3:4; Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 54:8)

: Pa`el: hide, the hidden things (Daniel 2:22)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 81 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 4:14 You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!”
  • Genesis 31:49 But it was also called Mizpah (which means “watchtower”), for Laban said, “May the Lord keep watch between us to make sure that we keep this covenant when we are out of each other’s sight.
  • Exodus 3:6 I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” When Moses heard this, he covered his face because he was afraid to look at God.
  • Numbers 5:13 and has sex with another man, but neither her husband nor anyone else knows about it. She has defiled herself, even though there was no witness and she was not caught in the act.
  • Deuteronomy 7:20 And then the Lord your God will send terror to drive out the few survivors still hiding from you!
  • Deuteronomy 29:29 “The Lord our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.
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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).