מִסְתָּר
miçtâr · H4565 · Hebrew · 10 occurrences
Meanings
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a hiding place or ambush
A place where humans or animals go so as not to be readily seen by others, either to keep safe from danger or to attack others
ExamplesPsalm 10:8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; He kills the innocent in the secret places; His eyes surreptitiously watch for the unfortunate.
Psalm 10:9 He lurks in secret like a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the needy; He catches the needy when he pulls him into his net.
Psalm 17:12 He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in secret places.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּhis 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- גָּלָהto uncover, to reveal, to go into exile 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 15
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַטְמוֹןhidden treasure 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀπόκρυφος apókryphos · G614 · secret, not able to be known
- Greek ἀπόκρυφος specifically emphasizes the hidden/concealed quality with connotations of something treasured or stored away, while Hebrew מִסְתָּר denotes a secret place or hiding place more broadly; both share the core semantic domain of concealment.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Space002002001017
- מִסְתָּר denotes a secret place, a hidden location, sharing its domain with the closely related covert-term מִסְתּוֹר (miçtôwr, H4563).
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4565. mistar מִסְתָּר noun [masculine] secret place, hiding place; — absolute ׳מ Psa…
מִסְתָּר noun [masculine] secret place, hiding place; — absolute ׳מ Psa 10:9; Hab 3:14; usually plural מִסְתָּרִים Jer 13:17 Jer 13:6t.; suffix מִסְתָּרָיו Jer 49:10; —
1 secret place(s), concealed from view, Jer 13:17; where treasures are stored Isa 45:3.
2 hiding-place(s):
a. for protection Jer 23:24; Jer 49:10.
b. for perpetration of crime, especially murder: Psa 10:8 (|| מַאֲרָב), simile of lion Psa 10:9, Psa 17:12, compare Hab 3:14; Psa 64:5; of ׳י lying in wait Lam 3:10 (as a lion).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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