Quick Definition
to hide
Strong's Definition
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, [idiom] surely.
TWOT Reference: 1551
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סָתַר (sa.tar) — to hide. 1) to hide, conceal 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to hide oneself 1a2) to be hidden, be concealed 1b) (Piel) to hide carefully 1c) (Pual) to be hidden carefully, be concealed 1d) (Hiphil) to conceal, hide 1e) (Hithpael) to hide oneself carefully Aramaic equivalent: se.tar (סְתַר "to hide" H5642A)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִסְתֹּור · מִסְתָּר · מַסְתֵּר · סֵתֶר · סִתְרָה · סְתוּר
Hide | verb nif
to be hidden = state in which people or objects are in a location where they cannot be readily seen or where danger cannot reach them
Hide | verb nif, verb hit
to hide oneself = action by which humans go to a location where they will not be readily seen or where danger cannot reach them
DEU 7:20 · 1SA 20:5 · 1SA 20:19 · 1SA 20:24 · 1SA 23:19 · 1SA 26:1 · 1KI 17:3 · JOB 13:20 · JOB 34:22 · PSA 54:2 · PSA 55:13 · PSA 89:47 · PRO 22:3 · PRO 27:12 · PRO 28:28 · ISA 28:15 · ISA 45:15 · JER 23:24 · JER 36:19 · AMO 9:3
Hide | verb hif, verb pi | ≈ צפן
to hide, to conceal = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to go to a location where they will not be readily seen or where danger cannot reach them
2KI 11:2 · 2CH 22:11 · JOB 3:10 · JOB 14:13 · PSA 17:8 · PSA 27:5 · PSA 31:21 · PSA 64:3 · ISA 16:3 · ISA 49:2 · JER 36:26
Non-See | verb hif
Collocation: סתר פָּנֶה
to hide (one's) face literally: to hide (one's) face; hence: = causative action by which humans cover their face in order to be unable to see or be seen
Non-Feel | verb nif
to be hidden > to feel not literally: to be hidden; hence: = state by which the effect of something is not perceived physically
Non-Know | verb nif, verb hit, verb pa
to be hidden, to be unknown, hidden, secret = state in which certain information is not generally known, ◄ as if it were physically hidden
NUM 5:13 · DEU 29:28 · JOB 3:23 · PSA 19:13 · PSA 38:10 · ISA 29:14 · ISA 40:27 · ISA 65:16 · JER 16:17 · DAN 2:22 · HOS 13:14
Non-Know | verb hif, verb pu'al
to hide, to keep from knowing, to conceal = causative action by which humans or deities cause others not to be aware of certain information, ◄ as if by physically hiding it
1SA 20:2 · PSA 119:19 · PRO 25:2 · PRO 27:5 · ISA 29:15
Unwilling | verb hif | ≈ נטה · עזב · שׁכח
Collocation: סתר פָּנֶה
to hide (one's) face, to reject literally: to hide (one's) face (from someone); hence: = action by which a deity does not engage with people, and does not intervene neither in their favor nor to punish, ◄ as if he were enable to see them
DEU 31:17 · DEU 31:18 · DEU 31:18 · DEU 32:20 · JOB 13:24 · JOB 34:29 · PSA 10:11 · PSA 13:2 · PSA 22:25 · PSA 27:9 · PSA 30:8 · PSA 44:25 · PSA 51:11 · PSA 69:18 · PSA 88:15 · PSA 102:3 · PSA 104:29 · PSA 143:7 · ISA 8:17 · ISA 54:8 · ISA 57:17 · ISA 59:2 · ISA 64:6 · JER 33:5 · EZK 39:23 · EZK 39:24 · EZK 39:29 · MIC 3:4
verb
Non-Exist | verb pe'al
to destroy = causative action by which one puts an end to the existence of something by damaging it
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סָתַר vb. hide, conceal Niph. hide oneself
be hid, concealed
Pi. Imv. carefully hide (i.e. shelter) the outcasts
Pu. Pt. love carefully concealed
Hithp. hide oneself carefully
Hiph. conceal, hide
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