To hide
סְתַרStrong’s H5642setar (se-tar)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Setar is the Aramaic word usually translated “destroyed it” and “hidden”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.”
Meaning
- (Pael) to hide, remove from sight
- (P'al) destroy
How it's translated
- he destroyed it 1
- and hidden 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 1
- Daniel 1
2 books in all.
Aramaic dictionary
סְתַר setar · to hide
(Pael) to hide, remove from sight Aramaic of sa.tar (סָתַר "to hide" H5641)
סְתַר setar · to destroy
(P'al) destroy
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hide” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HIDE, verb transitive
preterit tense hid; participle passive hid, hidden.
- To conceal; to withhold or withdraw from sight; to place in any state or position in which the view is intercepted from the object.
- To conceal from knowledge; to keep secret.“Tell me now what thou hast done--hide it not from me” Joshua 7:19
- In Scripture, not to confess or disclose; or to excuse and extenuate.“I acknowledged my sin to thee, and my iniquity have I not hid” Psalms 32:5
- To protect; to keep in safety.“In the time of trouble, he shall hide me in his pavilion” Psalms 27:5“The prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself” Proverbs 22:3
All definitions and other forms of “hide”
HIDE, verb intransitive
To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight.
HIDE, noun
In the ancient laws of England, a certain portion of land, the quantity of which however is not well ascertained. Some authors consider it as the quantity that could be tilled with one plow; others, as much as would maintain a family. Some suppose it to be 60, some 80, and others 100 acres.
HIDE, noun
[Latin cutis; Gr. either a peel, from stripping, separating, or a cover.]
- The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; more generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
- The human skin; in contempt.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.