מִצְפֻּן
mitspun · H4710 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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hidden treasure
Valuable objects in a person's possession, that are usually kept invisible from others to keep them safe
ExamplesObadiah 1:6 “Oh how Esau will be searched, And his hidden treasures searched out!
How it’s used In 2 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 it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בָּעָהto cause to boil 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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Near synonyms 2 words
- מַטְמוֹן maṭmôwn · H4301 · hidden treasure
- Hebrew noun from טָמַן 'to hide, conceal' – refers to hidden treasure or concealed things, semantically parallel to מִצְפֻּן but from a distinct root (ט-מ-ן vs. צ-פ-ן).
- סֵתֶר çêther · H5643 · cover, shelter, disguise
- Hebrew noun from סָתַר 'to hide, conceal' – denotes a hidden or secret place, can refer to what is concealed; distinct root (ס-ת-ר) but overlapping semantic field with מִצְפֻּן.
In the other Testament 2 words
- κρυπτός kryptós · G2927 · in secret, privately
- Greek adjective meaning 'hidden, secret' – the standard NT term for what is concealed or hidden, directly corresponding to the semantic range of מִצְפֻּן as a hidden thing.
- ἀπόκρυφος apókryphos · G614 · secret, not able to be known
- Greek adjective meaning 'hidden away, secret' – used substantively for hidden things, closely parallel to מִצְפֻּן's sense of concealed treasures or hidden objects.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Objects001
- The word denotes a hidden thing or treasure, as in Obadiah's prophecy that Esau's hidden treasures would be searched out and plundered.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4710. matspon [מַצְמּוֺן] noun [masculine] hidden treasure, treasure; — suffix…
[מַצְמּוֺן] noun [masculine] hidden treasure, treasure; — suffix מַצְמּוּנָיו Obadiah 6 his treasures.
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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