מִסְתָּר mistar
Hebrew word for “hiding” · Strong’s H4565 · used 10 times in 10 verses
Meaning
1) secret place, hiding place; 1a) secret place; 1b) hiding place; 1b1) for protection; 1b2) for perpetration of crime
How it is translated
Glosses given for mistar in context, with how often each is used:
- hiding places 5
- secret places 3
- hiding place 1
- secret place 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 10 (2), Psalms 17 (1), Psalms 64 (1), Isaiah 45 (1), Jeremiah 13 (1), Jeremiah 23 (1), Jeremiah 49 (1), Lamentations 3 (1), Habakkuk 3 (1)
Forms
- במסתרים 6
- במסתר 2
- מסתרים 1
- מסתריו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mistar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַרְיֵה aryeh “lion” 3
- אָרַב arav “to ambush” 2
- עָנִי ani “afflicted” 2
- אֲנִי ani “I” 3
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 2
- אִם im “if” 2
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 2
Key verses
The verses using mistar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 10:8 — He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
- Psalms 10:9 — He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
- Psalms 17:12 — Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
- Psalms 64:4 — That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
- Isaiah 45:3 — And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the…
- Jeremiah 13:17 — But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock…
- Jeremiah 23:24 — Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 49:10 — But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his…
- Lamentations 3:10 — He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
- Habakkuk 3:14 — Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor…
See all 10 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.