Word Study · Strong's H5640 · Hebrew
סָתַם
satham
saw-tham'
Strong's 1890 spelling: çâtham
“to stop up”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
Rendered in the KJV as
closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.
- 14occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 14 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- וּ֝בְסָתֻ֗ם1
- וַֽיִּסְתְּמוּ֙1
- וַיְסַתְּמ֣וּם1
- יִסְתֹּ֙מוּ֙1
- לְהִסָּתֵ֑ם1
- לִסְתּוֹם֙1
- סָת֖וּם1
- סְתֹ֣ם1
- סְתֹ֧ם1
- סָתַם֙1
- סִתְּמ֣וּם1
- סְתֻמִ֧ים1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 13
- keep secret2
- [are] kept secret1
- and in a [place] kept secret1
- and they had stopped up them1
- and they stopped up1
- he has shut out1
- he stopped up1
- secret [thing]1
- they stopped up1
- they stopped up them1
- to be closed1
- to stop up1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 12
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular1
- Hc/Vpw3mp/Sp3mp1
- Hc/Vqw3mp1
- preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)1
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqp3ms · 2
- HVqv2ms · 2
- HC/R/Vqsmsa · 1
- Hc/Vpw3mp/Sp3mp · 1
- Hc/Vqw3mp · 1
- HR/VNcc · 1
- HR/Vqcc · 1
- HVpp3cp/Sp3mp · 1
- HVqi2mp · 1
- HVqi3mp · 1
- HVqsmpa · 1
- HVqsmsa · 1
All 14, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Chronicles3 of 14 · 21%
- Daniel3 of 14 · 21%
- Genesis2 of 14 · 14%
- 2 Kings2 of 14 · 14%
- Nehemiah1 of 14 · 7%
2 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 26:15סִתְּמ֣וּםsitemumverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralSo the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.here: they stopped up them
- Genesis 26:18וַיְסַתְּמ֣וּםvaysatemumHc/Vpw3mp/Sp3mpIsaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.here: and they had stopped up them
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 3:19תִּסְתֹּ֑מוּtistomuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”here: you will stop up
- 2 Kings 3:25יִסְתֹּ֙מוּ֙yistomuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThey destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.here: they stopped up
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 32:3לִסְתּוֹם֙listompreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)he consulted with his leaders and commanders about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.here: to stop up
- 2 Chronicles 32:4וַֽיִּסְתְּמוּ֙vaiyistemuHc/Vqw3mpMany people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.here: and they stopped up
- 2 Chronicles 32:30סָתַם֙satamverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIt was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.here: he stopped up
Lamentations1 occurrence
Ezekiel1 occurrence
Daniel3 occurrences
- Daniel 8:26סְתֹ֣םsetomverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularThe vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”here: keep secret
- Daniel 12:4סְתֹ֧םsetomverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularBut you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”here: keep secret
- Daniel 12:9סְתֻמִ֧יםsetumimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.here: [are] kept secret