סָתַר satar

Hebrew word for “to hide” · Strong’s H5641 · used 81 times in 80 verses

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Meaning

1) to hide, conceal; 1a) (Niphal);

How it is translated

Glosses given for satar in context, with how often each is used:

• hid 11
• hide 10
• will hide 8
• will be hidden 5
• hidden 4
• hiding himself 3
• hides himself 3
• have hidden 3
• will hide myself 2
• do you hide 2
• has hidden 2
• will be undiscovered 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 20 (4), Ezekiel 39 (3), Deuteronomy 31 (2), Job 3 (2), Job 13 (2), Job 34 (2), Psalms 19 (2), Psalms 27 (2), Proverbs 27 (2), Isaiah 29 (2)

Forms

• תסתר 6
• ויסתר 5
• הסתר 5
• תסתיר 5
• מסתתר 4
• נסתרה 4
• נסתר 3
• תסתירני 3
• ואסתר 3
• יסתר 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with satar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִן־ min “from” 12
• אַל al “not” 8
• עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 6
• זִיפִי ziphi “Ziphite” 3
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 8
• צָפַן tsaphan “to treasure” 4
• גָּלָה galah “to reveal” 5
• אַף aph “face” 5
• שָׁכַח shakhach “to forget” 4
• הֶם hem “them” 7
• רַע ra “bad” 6
• מָה mah “what?” 6

Key verses

The verses using satar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 3:6 — Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look…
• Deuteronomy 31:17 — Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils…
• Job 34:29 — When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a…
• Psalms 13:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
• Psalms 27:5 — For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
• Psalms 143:7 — Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
• Isaiah 8:17 — And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
• Isaiah 28:15 — Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come…
• Isaiah 29:15 — Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
• 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.
• Hosea 13:14 — I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance…
• Zephaniah 2:3 — Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the…

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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.