Quick Definition
to conceal
Strong's Definition
to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).
TWOT Reference: 1629
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
עָלַם (a.lam) — to conceal. 1) to conceal, hide, be hidden, be concealed, be secret 1a) (Qal) secret (participle) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be concealed 1b2) concealed, dissembler (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) to conceal, hide 1d) (Hithpael) to hide oneself
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עֹולָם · תַּעֲלֻמָה · עָלַם · יַעְלָם
Hide | verb nif
to go into hiding meaning unsure; probably: = action by which humans look for a place where they cannot be found
False | verb nif | ≈ מְתֵי־שָׁוְא
hypocrite literally: hiding (people); hence, probably: = people who are dishonest and untransparent
Non-Hear | verb hif
Collocation: עלם אֹזֶן
to turn a deaf ear literally: to hide (one's) ear; hence: = action by which deities act as if they do not hear
Non-Know | verb nif | ≈ סתר
to be hidden, to be unknown literally: to be hidden (from someone); hence: = state in which humans have no knowledge of certain things
LEV 4:13 · LEV 5:2 · LEV 5:3 · LEV 5:4 · NUM 5:13 · 1KI 10:3 · 2CH 9:2 · JOB 28:21 · PSA 90:8 · ECC 12:14
Non-Know | verb hif
to hide, to conceal, to obscure literally: to hide (from someone); hence: = causative action by which humans or deities keep (other) humans ignorant of certain things
Non-See | verb hif
Collocation: עלם עֵינַיִם
to close (one's) eyes (to something) literally: to hide (one's) eyes; hence: = action by which humans or deities act as if they do not see
LEV 20:4 · LEV 20:4 · 1SA 12:3 · PRO 28:27 · ISA 1:15 · EZK 22:26
Soft
to melt literally: to hide oneself; hence: = process by which ice becomes liquid ◄ as a result of a rise in temperature
Unwilling | verb hit, verb hif
to hide away, to ignore, to remain indifferent literally: to hide onself; hence: = action by which humans or deities seem to express their unwillingness to engage in a certain activity, ◄ as if going into hiding instead of acting
DEU 22:1 · DEU 22:3 · DEU 22:4 · PSA 10:1 · PSA 55:2 · ISA 58:7
1 NAM 3:11 NIV NJB NRSV CEV | LXX "ὑπερεωραμένη" VUL "despecta" | RSV "you will be dazed" NJPS "(you shall be) utterly overcome" REB "you are overcome" 2 JOB 6:16 RSV "hides itself" NIV NRSV CEV "melting" NJB "melts" | NJPS "obscures" | REB "piled-up"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָלַם] vb. conceal Qal as subst. our secret, i.e. hidden sin
Niph. be concealed
Hiph. conceal, hide
Hithp. and thou hide thyself completely from them (utterly neglect to aid)
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