סֵ֫תֶר

se.terNoun (Masculine)H5643

secrecy

From: or (feminine) סִתְרָה; (Deuteronomy [32:38), from H5641 (סָתַר);

Short Definition

a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)

Full Lexicon Entry

  1. covering, shelter, hiding place, secrecy 1a) covering, cover 1b) hiding place, shelter, secret place 1c) secrecy 1c1) secrecy (of tongue being slanderous)

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

31 times

Appears 31 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Psalms
6
Isaiah
5
Job
5
Deuteronomy
4
Jeremiah
3

Key Passages

  • 1 Samuel 19:2
  • Deuteronomy 32:38
  • Judges 3:19
  • Job 24:15
  • Psalms 101:5

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.