סֵתֶר
çêther · say'-ther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) סִתְרָה; (Deuteronomy [32:38), from H5641 (סָתַר);
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: backbiting, covering, covert, [idiom] disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
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 סֵתֶר 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
36 occurrences · 36 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in secret4 · 12%
- secretly3 · 9%
- in the secret3 · 9%
- in the covert2 · 6%
- thou art my hiding place2 · 6%
- thee secretly1 · 3%
- it in a secret1 · 3%
- of all things secretly1 · 3%
- you, and be your protection1 · 3%
- i have a secret1 · 3%
- in a secret1 · 3%
- by the covert1 · 3%
- it secretly1 · 3%
- you, if ye do secretly1 · 3%
- are a covering1 · 3%
- me: and disguiseth1 · 3%
- hath been secretly1 · 3%
- his secret place1 · 3%
- them in the secret1 · 3%
- thee in the secret place1 · 3%
- whoso privily1 · 3%
- eaten in secret1 · 3%
- a backbiting1 · 3%
- thou a covert1 · 3%
- the hiding place1 · 3%
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.