מִסְתָּר
miçtâr · mis-tawr'
properly, a concealer, i.e. a covert
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5641 (סָתַר);
properly, a concealer, i.e. a covert
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: secret(-ly, place).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to support and uphold › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to support and uphold of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִסְתָּר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in secret places3 · 30%
- secretly2 · 20%
- in the secret places1 · 10%
- in secret1 · 10%
- of secret places1 · 10%
- himself in secret places1 · 10%
- his secret places1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.