צָפַן
tsa.phan
“to treasure”
Definition
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
a primitive root;
- to hide, treasure, treasure or store up 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to hide, treasure, treasure up 1a2) to lie hidden, lurk 1b) (Niphal) to be hidden, be stored up 1c) (Hiphil) to hide, hide from discovery
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
צָפַן appears 26 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
Yet You concealed these things in Your heart,and I know that this was in Your mind:
It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children.Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
But they lie in wait for their own blood;they ambush their own lives.
restraining her is like holding back the windor grasping oil with one’s right hand.
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