Secrecy
סֵ֫תֶרStrong’s H5643seter (se-ter)
Appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Seter is the Hebrew word usually translated “secrecy”, “hiding place of” and “shelter”. It appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament.
“If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;”
Meaning
- Covering, shelter, hiding place, secrecycovering, cover · hiding place, shelter, secret place · secrecy
- Shelter, protection
How it's translated
- in secrecy 13
- in hiding place of 4
- a shelter 2
- secrecy 2
- a hiding place 2
- in shelter of 2
- in the hiding place 1
- in cover of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 10
- Deuteronomy 5
- Job 5
- Isaiah 5
- Proverbs 3
- Jeremiah 3
10 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:24Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 28:57And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
- Deuteronomy 32:38Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
- Judges 3:19But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
- 1 Samuel 19:2But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
Hebrew dictionary
סֵ֫תֶר seter · secrecy
1) covering, shelter, hiding place, secrecy 1a) covering, cover 1b) hiding place, shelter, secret place 1c) secrecy 1c1) secrecy (of tongue being slanderous)
סִתְרָה sitrah · shelter
shelter, protection
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “secrecy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SE'CRECY, noun.
[from secret.]
- Properly, a state of separation; hence, concealment from the observation of others, or from the notice of any persons not concerned; privacy; a state of being bid from view.
- Solitude; retirement; seclusion from the view of others.
- Forbearance of disclosure or discovery.
- Fidelity to a secret; the act or habit of keeping secrets.
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.