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סֵתֶר H5643
H5643 is the Hebrew word סֵתֶר, transliterated çêther and said say'-ther. The King James Version most often renders it secret.
What it means
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense).
Where it comes from
or (feminine) סִתְרָה; (Deuteronomy [32:38), from H5641 (סָתַר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 34 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: backbiting, covering, covert, [idiom] disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
Verses using סֵתֶר
All 34 verses, quoted in full.
Deuteronomy 13:6 · KJV
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, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
Deuteronomy 27:15 · KJV
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 place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:24 · KJV
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 28:57 · KJV
And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
Judges 3:19 · KJV
But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
1 Samuel 19:2 · KJV
But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
1 Samuel 25:20 · KJV
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
2 Samuel 12:12 · KJV
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
Job 13:10 · KJV
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Job 22:14 · KJV
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Job 24:15 · KJV
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
Job 31:27 · KJV
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Job 40:21 · KJV
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
Psalm 18:11 · KJV
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Psalm 27:5 · KJV
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.
Psalm 31:20 · KJV
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.
Psalm 32:7 · KJV
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Psalm 61:4 · KJV
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
Psalm 81:7 · KJV
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Psalm 91:1 · KJV
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 101:5 · KJV
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Psalm 119:114 · KJV
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Psalm 139:15 · KJV
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Proverbs 9:17 · KJV
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Proverbs 21:14 · KJV
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Proverbs 25:23 · KJV
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
Song of Solomon 2:14 · KJV
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, and thy countenance is comely.
Isaiah 16:4 · KJV
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Isaiah 32:2 · KJV
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 land.
Isaiah 45:19 · KJV
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 things that are right.
Isaiah 48:16 · KJV
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
Jeremiah 37:17 · KJV
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, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 38:16 · KJV
So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
Jeremiah 40:15 · KJV
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
Common questions
What does Strong's H5643 mean?
H5643 is the Hebrew word סֵתֶר (çêther), meaning a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense).
How is H5643 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it secret (11 times), secretly (7 times), covert (5 times), secret place (2 times), art my hiding place (2 times), among others.
How many times does H5643 appear in the Bible?
סֵתֶר (çêther) is tagged in 34 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5643 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or (feminine) סִתְרָה; (Deuteronomy [32:38), from H5641 (סָתַר).
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