Secret
לָאטStrong’s H3909lat
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Lat is the Hebrew word usually translated “enchantments their” and “secrecy”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.”
Meaning
- Secrecy, mysterysecrecy, secretly · mystery, enchantment
How it's translated
- by enchantments their 3
- in secrecy 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 3
- 1 Samuel 2
- Ruth 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 8:7And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:18And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
- Ruth 3:7And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
- 1 Samuel 18:22And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.
- 1 Samuel 24:4And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily.
Hebrew dictionary
לָאט lat · secret
1) secrecy, mystery 1a) secrecy, secretly 1b) mystery, enchantment
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “secret” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SE'CRET, adjective.
[Latin secretus. This is given as the participle of secerno, but is radically a different word. The radical sense of seg is to separate, as in Latin seco, to cut off; and not improbably this word is contracted into the Latin se, a prefix in segrego, separo, etc.]
- Properly, separate; hence, hid; concealed from the notice or knowledge of all persons except the individual or individuals concerned.“I have a secret errand to thee, O king” Judges 3:19
- Unseen; private; secluded; being in retirement.
- Removed from sight; private; unknown.
- Keeping secrets; faithful to secrets entrusted; as secret Romans. [Unusual.]
All definitions and other forms of “secret”
- Private; affording privacy.
- Occult; not seen; not apparent; as the secret operations of physical causes.
- Known to God only.“Secret things belong to the Lord our God” Deuteronomy 29:29
SE'CRET, noun.
[Latin secretum]
- Something studiously concealed.“A talebearer revealeth secrets” Proverbs 11:13
- A thing not discovered and therefore not known.“Hast thou heard the secret of God?” Job 15:8
- Secrets, plural, The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed.“Bread eaten in secret is pleasant” Proverbs 9:17
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.