The meaning of “סֵתֶר”
Understanding çêther reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (feminine) סִתְרָה çithrâh (sith-raw'); (Deuteronomy [32:38), from סָתַר backbiting, covering, covert, [idiom] disgui...
סֵתֶר
or (feminine) סִתְרָה çithrâh (sith-raw'); (Deuteronomy [32:38), from סָתַר backbiting, covering, covert, [idiom] disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place). - a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense) n m 1) covering, shelter, hiding place, secrecy 1a) covering, cover 1b) hiding place, shelter, secret place 1c) secrecy 1c1) secrecy (of tongue being slanderous) n f 2) shelter, protection
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 27:24 | “Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.” Word: סֵתֶר (çêther) | |
| 1 Samuel 25:20 | “And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.” Word: סֵתֶר (çêther) | |
| Job 24:15 | “The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.” Word: סֵתֶר (çêther) | |
| Proverbs 21:14 | “A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.” Word: סֵתֶר (çêther) | |
| Isaiah 32:2 | “And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” Word: סֵתֶר (çêther) |