The meaning of “מִסְתָּר”
Understanding miçtâr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
secret(-ly, place). - properly, a concealer, i.e. a covert 1) secret place, hiding place 1a) secret place 1b) hiding pla...
מִסְתָּר
secret(-ly, place). - properly, a concealer, i.e. a covert 1) secret place, hiding place 1a) secret place 1b) hiding place 1b1) for protection 1b2) for perpetration of crime
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Psalms 17:12 | “Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.” Word: מִסְתָּר (miçtâr) | |
| Isaiah 45:3 | “And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.” Word: מִסְתָּר (miçtâr) | |
| Jeremiah 23:24 | “Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.” Word: מִסְתָּר (miçtâr) | |
| Lamentations 3:10 | “He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.” Word: מִסְתָּר (miçtâr) | |
| Habakkuk 3:14 | “Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.” Word: מִסְתָּר (miçtâr) |
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