Word Study · Strong's H5643 · Hebrew
סֵתֶר
sether
say'-ther
Strong's 1890 spelling: çêther
“a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Rendered in the KJV as
backbiting, covering, covert, [idiom] disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
- 36occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 10 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 26inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 36 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 26
- בְּסֵ֣תֶר4
- בַּסֵּ֣תֶר4
- בַּסָּ֑תֶר3
- סֵ֥תֶר3
- בְסֵ֖תֶר1
- בְּסֵ֥תֶר1
- בְּסֵ֖תֶר1
- בְּסֵ֙תֶר֙1
- בַסֵּ֑תֶר1
- בַסֵּ֖תֶר1
- בַסֵּ֣תֶר1
- בַסֵּ֨תֶר1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 17
- in the secrecy13
- in [the] hiding place of4
- [are] a hiding place2
- a shelter2
- in [the] shelter of2
- secrecy2
- [are] hiding place my1
- and [the] shelter1
- and a shelter of1
- and covering of1
- covering his1
- in [the] cover of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 9
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular16
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)8
- noun · masculine singular5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HRd/Ncmsa · 16
- HR/Ncmsc · 8
- HNcmsa · 5
- HC/Ncmsc · 2
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcmpa · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 36, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy5 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 13:6בַּסֵּ֣תֶרbaseterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularIf your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,here: in the secrecy
- Deuteronomy 27:15בַּסָּ֑תֶרbasaterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singular‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: in the secrecy
- Deuteronomy 27:24בַּסָּ֑תֶרbasaterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singular‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’here: in the secrecy
- Deuteronomy 28:57בַּסָּ֑תֶרbasaterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularthe afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.here: in the secrecy
- Deuteronomy 32:38סִתְרָֽה׃sitrahnoun · feminine singularwhich ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!here: a shelter
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 19:2בַסֵּ֖תֶרvaseterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularso he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.here: in the hiding place
- 1 Samuel 25:20בְּסֵ֣תֶרbeseterpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.here: in [the] cover of
Job5 occurrences
- Job 13:10בַּ֝סֵּ֗תֶרbaseterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSurely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.here: in the secrecy
- Job 22:14סֵֽתֶר־seter-noun · masculine singularThick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’here: [are] a hiding place
- Job 24:15וְסֵ֖תֶרveseterconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.here: and covering of
- Job 31:27בַּסֵּ֣תֶרbaseterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularso that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,here: in the secrecy
- Job 40:21בְּסֵ֖תֶרbeseterpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.here: in a hiding place of
Psalms10 occurrences
- Psalms 18:11סִתְר֗וֹsitronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.here: covering his
- Psalms 27:5בְּסֵ֣תֶרbeseterpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.here: in [the] hiding place of
- Psalms 31:20בְּסֵ֥תֶרbeseterpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.here: in [the] hiding place of
- Psalms 32:7סֵ֥תֶרseternoun · masculine singularYou are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selahhere: [are] a hiding place
- Psalms 61:4בְסֵ֖תֶרveseterpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selahhere: in [the] shelter of
- Psalms 81:7בְּסֵ֣תֶרbeseterpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selahhere: in [the] hiding place of
- Psalms 91:1בְּסֵ֣תֶרbeseterpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.here: in [the] shelter of
- Psalms 101:5בַסֵּ֨תֶר׀vaseterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.here: in the secrecy
- Psalms 119:114סִתְרִ֣יsitrinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYou are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.here: [are] hiding place my
- Psalms 139:15בַסֵּ֑תֶרvaseterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularMy frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.here: in the secret place
Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 9:17סְתָרִ֣יםsetarimnoun · masculine plural“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”here: secret places
- Proverbs 21:14בַּ֭סֵּתֶרbaseterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularA gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.here: in the secrecy
- Proverbs 25:23סָֽתֶר׃saternoun · masculine singularAs the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.here: secrecy
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 16:4סֵ֥תֶרseternoun · masculine singularLet my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,here: a shelter
- Isaiah 28:17וְסֵ֥תֶרveseterconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularI will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.here: and [the] shelter
- Isaiah 32:2וְסֵ֣תֶרveseterconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.here: and a shelter of
- Isaiah 45:19בַסֵּ֣תֶרvaseterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularI have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.here: in the secrecy
- Isaiah 48:16בַּסֵּ֣תֶרbaseterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularCome near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.here: in the secrecy
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 37:17בַּסֵּ֔תֶרbaseterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularLater, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”here: in the secrecy
- Jeremiah 38:16בַּסֵּ֣תֶרbaseterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularBut King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”here: in the secrecy
- Jeremiah 40:15בַסֵּ֨תֶרvaseterpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThen Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”here: in the secrecy