סָתַר
sa.tar (H5641)
to hide
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# The Hebrew Word סָתַר (satar): Concealment and Protection The Hebrew verb סָתַר (satar) carries the fundamental meaning of "to hide," appearing 81 times throughout the biblical text. This frequency suggests the concept held considerable importance in ancient Hebrew thought and communication. The word describes the action of concealing something or someone from view, whether physically removing visibility or keeping information secret. In biblical contexts, this basic sense extends across various scenarios—hiding objects, concealing oneself, or obscuring knowledge from discovery. The repeated use of this verb across 81 occurrences indicates it addressed multiple practical and theological concerns in ancient Israelite life. The word could describe everyday acts of concealment (such as hiding valuables or taking refuge) as well as more abstract notions of divine protection or hiddenness. This range suggests that ancient Hebrew speakers used סָתַר to express both the simple action of making something invisible and more complex ideas about shelter, secrecy, and the relationship between what is seen and unseen. Without access to the specific biblical passages in which סָתַר appears, the full scope of its theological and practical implications cannot be detailed here. However, its substantial presence in the biblical text (81 occurrences) confirms that concealment—whether literal or figurative—constituted an important concept worthy of repeated reference and varied application in ancient Hebrew literature and discourse.
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Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”
and Mizpah, for he said, “Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.
Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.
and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and this is kept concealed, and she is defiled, there is no witness against her, and she isn’t taken in the act;
Moreover Yahweh your God will send the hornet among them, until those who are left, and hide themselves, perish from before you.
The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day, ‘Haven’t these evils come on us because our God is not among us?’
I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods.
He said, “I will hide my face from them. I will see what their end will be; for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.
He said to him, “Far from it; you will not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me. Why would my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”
David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
When you have stayed three days, go down quickly, and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and remain by the stone Ezel.
So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon had come, the king sat himself down to eat food.
Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?”
“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bedroom; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
But Jehoshabeath, the king’s daughter, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stealthily rescued him from among the king’s sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she didn’t kill him.
because it didn’t shut up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
“Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:
Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?
“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time and remember me!
Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the birds of the sky.
There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,
He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
His going out is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends. There is nothing hidden from its heat.
Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.
For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.
For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.
You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
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For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.
Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.
I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.
Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.
A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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