סְתַר
çᵉthar · H5642 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to be hidden, to be unknown, hidden, secret
State in which certain information is not generally known, as if it were physically hidden
ExamplesDaniel 2:22 “It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the light dwells with Him.
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to destroy
Causative action by which one puts an end to the existence of something by damaging it
ExamplesEzra 5:12 ‘But because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָher 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- גְּלָהbring over 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 1 word
- חָרַב chârab · H2717 · to become dry, to dry up, to dry
- Hebrew verb meaning 'lay waste, destroy,' overlapping with the destructive sense of סְתַר without being a cognate.
Contrasting words 2 words
- גָּלָה gâlâh · H1540 · to reveal
- Hebrew verb meaning 'reveal, uncover,' the direct lexical opposite of the 'secret, hidden' sense of סְתַר.
- בָּנָה bânâh · H1129 · to build, to rebuild, to establish
- Hebrew verb meaning 'build,' the direct lexical opposite of the 'destroy' sense of סְתַר.
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἀπόλλυμι apóllymi · G622 · to ruin, to destroy, destruction
- Greek verb conveying destruction, a direct translation equivalent for the 'destroy' sense of סְתַר (çᵉthar, H5642).
- κρυπτός kryptós · G2927 · in secret, privately
- Greek adjective for 'secret, hidden,' a direct translation equivalent for the 'secret thing' sense of סְתַר (çᵉthar, H5642).
Semantic domains 6 entries
- Hide002002001010
- Daniel 2:22 recounts of God, “It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him.”
- Non-See002004001006
- This Non-See code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's sense of things kept from sight; this word's own occurrence already accounts for hidden things being revealed under Hide, with no further distinct sense of visual concealment.
- Non-Feel002004001002
- This Non-Feel code is likewise inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's broader sense of concealment; this word's own occurrences describe a temple's destruction and profound things being hidden, never any sense being dulled or withheld.
- Non-Know002004002008
- This Non-Know code is inherited from the same shared lemma-cluster grouping's broader sense of concealment; this word's own occurrence already accounts for hidden things being revealed under Hide, with no further distinct sense of ignorance.
- Unwilling002001002031
- This Unwilling code is likewise inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's sense of resistance; this word's own occurrences describe a temple's destruction and profound things being hidden, never anyone's unwillingness or reluctance.
- Non-Exist002002002006
- Ezra 5:12 recounts that God “handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.”
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5642. cthar II. [סְתַר] verb destroy (Syriac ; see Biblical Hebrew שׂתר); — Pe`al…
II. [סְתַר] verb destroy (Syriac ; see Biblical Hebrew שׂתר); —
Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular suffix סַתְרֵהּ Ezr 5:12 (accusative of temple).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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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