סָתַם
çâtham · saw-tham'
to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
Lexicon
Derivation: or שָׂתַם; (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root;
to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
- to stop up
- by implication, to repair
- figuratively, to keep secret
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.
Letters
- 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
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the mark, the covenant sign › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To support and uphold of the mark, the covenant sign of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָתַם 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- had stopped2 · 14%
- and stop1 · 7%
- it; and they stopped1 · 7%
- to stop1 · 7%
- who stopped1 · 7%
- also stopped1 · 7%
- to be stopped1 · 7%
- and in the hidden1 · 7%
- he shutteth out1 · 7%
- there is no secret1 · 7%
- wherefore shut thou up1 · 7%
- shut up1 · 7%
- are closed up1 · 7%
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.