סָתַר
çâthar · saw-thar'
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, [idiom] surely.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
To support and uphold of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָתַר 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
81 occurrences · 81 OT · 0 NT · 71 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hide16 · 33%
- hid4 · 8%
- and hide3 · 6%
- and hideth3 · 6%
- is hid2 · 4%
- wherefore hidest2 · 4%
- that i may hide1 · 2%
- i will hide1 · 2%
- and i will surely1 · 2%
- them, and i will hide1 · 2%
- how long wilt thou hide1 · 2%
- and kept close1 · 2%
- the secret1 · 2%
- where thou didst hide1 · 2%
- things unto me: then will i not hide1 · 2%
- nor hid1 · 2%
- and they hid1 · 2%
- that thou wouldest keep me secret1 · 2%
- and be kept close1 · 2%
- may hide1 · 2%
- and when he hideth1 · 2%
- he hideth1 · 2%
- between me and thee, when we are absent1 · 2%
- of it: and there is nothing hid1 · 2%
- shall i be hid1 · 2%
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.