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סָתַם H5640
H5640 is the Hebrew word סָתַם, transliterated çâtham and said saw-tham'. The King James Version most often renders it stopped.
What it means
to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret.
Where it comes from
or שָׂתַם; (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.
Verses using סָתַם
All 14 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 26:15 · KJV
For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
Genesis 26:18 · KJV
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
2 Kings 3:19 · KJV
And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
2 Kings 3:25 · KJV
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
2 Chronicles 32:3 · KJV
He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
2 Chronicles 32:4 · KJV
So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
2 Chronicles 32:30 · KJV
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
Nehemiah 4:7 · KJV
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Psalm 51:6 · KJV
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Lamentations 3:8 · KJV
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Ezekiel 28:3 · KJV
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
Daniel 8:26 · KJV
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
Daniel 12:4 · KJV
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Daniel 12:9 · KJV
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5640 mean?
H5640 is the Hebrew word סָתַם (çâtham), meaning to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret.
How is H5640 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it stopped (5 times), stop (2 times), also stopped (1 time), hidden (1 time), shutteth out (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5640 appear in the Bible?
סָתַם (çâtham) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5640 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or שָׂתַם; (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root.
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