Strong's Definition
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Derivation: or (feminine) סִתְרָה; (Deuteronomy [32:38), from H5641 (סָתַר);
KJV Usage: backbiting, covering, covert, [idiom] disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
TWOT Reference: 1551a,b
Outline of Biblical Usage
n m
1) covering, shelter, hiding place, secrecy
1a) covering, cover
1b) hiding place, shelter, secret place
1c) secrecy
1c1) secrecy (of tongue being slanderous)
n f
2) shelter, protection
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סִתְרָה / סֵתֶר
sêther / sithrâh
BDB Definition:
1) covering, shelter, hiding place, secrecy (noun masculine)
1a) covering, cover
1b) hiding place, shelter, secret place
1c) secrecy
1c1) secrecy (of tongue being slanderous)
2) shelter, protection (noun feminine)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5641
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1551a, 1551b
Total KJV Occurrences: 37