סֵתֶר seter
Hebrew word for “secrecy” · Strong’s H5643 · used 36 times in 36 verses
Meaning
1) covering, shelter, hiding place, secrecy;
Senses in the lexicon
- secrecy (35)
- shelter (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for seter in context, with how often each is used:
- secrecy 15
- hiding place 9
- shelter 6
- covering 2
- cover 1
- secret 1
- secret place 1
- secret places 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 10 | 0.5 | |
| Deuteronomy | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Job | 5 | 0.6 | |
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Song of Solomon | 1 | 0.8 |
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 27 (2), Deuteronomy 13 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Judges 3 (1), 1 Samuel 19 (1), 1 Samuel 25 (1), 2 Samuel 12 (1), Job 13 (1), Job 22 (1)
Forms
- בסתר 24
- סתר 5
- וסתר 3
- סתרו 1
- סתרי 1
- סתרים 1
- סתרה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with seter more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מַי mayim “water” 5
- סֶלָה selah “Selah” 3
- רֵעַ rea “neighbor” 3
- בָּקַשׁ baqash “to seek” 3
- אָמֵן amen “amen” 2
- סֻכָּה sukkah “booth” 2
- עָב av “cloud” 2
- צָפַן tsaphan “to treasure” 2
- חֵיק cheq “bosom” 2
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 3
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
- צֵל tsel “shadow” 2
Key verses
The verses using seter that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 13:6 — If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly,…
- Deuteronomy 27:15 — Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret…
- 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 31:20 — Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
- Psalms 32:7 — Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
- Psalms 91:1 — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 101:5 — Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
- Song of Solomon 2:14 — O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice,…
- Isaiah 28:17 — Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the…
- Isaiah 32:2 — And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary…
- Isaiah 45:19 — I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare…
- Jeremiah 37:17 — Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said,…
See all 36 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.