Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4565
מִסְתָּר
mistarmis-tawr'
hiding
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: miçtâr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4565is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4565
properly, a concealer, i.e. a covert
The King James renders it: secret(-ly, place).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mistar is rendered "hiding". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Four of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Psalms 10:8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
Psalms 10:8בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's ten uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- in hiding places2
- in the hiding places2
- hiding places its1
- in secret places1
- in the hiding place1
- in the secret place1
- in the secret places1
- secret places1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִסְפָּר | mispar | number | Uses134 |
| מִסְגֶּרֶת | misgereth | perimeter | Uses17 |
| מִסְפֵּד | misped | mourning | Uses16 |
| מִסְכְּנָה | miskenah | storage | Uses7 |
| מִסְפּוֹא | mispo | fodder | Uses5 |
| מִסְכֵּן | misken | poor | Uses4 |
| מִסְפַּחַת | mispachath | scab | Uses3 |
| מִסְפָּחָה | mispachah | veil | Uses2 |
| מִסְחָר | mischar | merchandise | Uses1 |
| מִסְעָד | misad | support | Uses1 |
| מִסְתּוֹר | mistor | shelter | Uses1 |
| מִסְכֵּנֻת | miskenuth | poverty | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בַּמִּסְתָּ֨ר׀1
- בַּמִּסְתָּֽר׃1
- בְּמִסְתָּרִ֥ים1
- בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים1
- בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֣ים1
- בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֛ים1
- בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃1
- בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃1
- מִסְתָּרָ֔יו1
- מִסְתָּרִ֑ים1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine plural3HR/Ncmpa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural3HRd/Ncmpa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HRd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3ms
Psalms
four uses
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
- בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִיםbamistarimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the hiding places
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
- בַּמִּסְתָּ֨ר׀bamistarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the hiding place
like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
- בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃bemistarimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in hiding places
ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
- בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֣יםbamistarimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the secret places
Isaiah
one use
I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
- מִסְתָּרִ֑יםmistarimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: secret places
Jeremiah
three uses
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
- בְּמִסְתָּרִ֥יםbemistarimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in secret places
“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
- בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֛יםbamistarimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the hiding places
But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.
- מִסְתָּרָ֔יוmistaravnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: hiding places its
Lamentations
one use
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
- בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃bemistarimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in hiding places
Habakkuk
one use
With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.
- בַּמִּסְתָּֽר׃bamistarpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the secret place
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.