Çêther — H5643

Definition

masculine substantive

a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)

1. n m
2. covering, shelter, hiding place, secrecy
1. covering, cover
2. hiding place, shelter, secret place
3. secrecy
1. secrecy (of tongue being slanderous)
3. n f
4. shelter, protection

Usually translated as

secret, secretly, hiding place, covert, backbiting, covering, disguiseth, privily, protection, disguise

Origin

or (feminine) çithrâh; (Deuteronomy [32:38), from H5641

• Derived from Çâthar (H5641)

Greek equivalents

• apókryphos (G614)
• boēthós (G998)
• dólos (G1388)
• erethízō (G2042)
• láthra (G2977)

Occurrences

Çêther occurs 36 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (5), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (1), Job (5), Psalms (10), Proverbs (3), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (3)

• Deuteronomy 13:6 — 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 (בַּסֵּ֣תֶר), saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
• Deuteronomy 27:15 — Cursed 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 (בַּסָּ֑תֶר) place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
• Deuteronomy 27:24 — Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly (בַּסָּ֑תֶר). And all the people shall say, Amen.
• Deuteronomy 28:57 — And 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 (בַּסָּ֑תֶר) in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
• Deuteronomy 32:38 — Which 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 (סִתְרָֽה).
• Judges 3:19 — But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret (סֵ֥תֶר) errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
• 1 Samuel 19:2 — But 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 (בַסֵּ֖תֶר) place, and hide thyself:
• 1 Samuel 25:20 — And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert (בְּסֵ֣תֶר) of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
• 2 Samuel 12:12 — For thou didst it secretly (בַסָּ֑תֶר): but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
• Job 13:10 — He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly (בַּ֝סֵּ֗תֶר) accept persons.
• Job 22:14 — Thick clouds are a covering (סֵֽתֶר) to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
• Job 24:15 — The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth (וְסֵ֖תֶר) his face.
• Job 31:27 — And my heart hath been secretly (בַּסֵּ֣תֶר) enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
• Job 40:21 — He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert (בְּסֵ֖תֶר) of the reed, and fens.
• Psalms 18:11 — He made darkness his secret place (סִתְר֗וֹ); his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
• Psalms 27:5 — For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret (בְּסֵ֣תֶר) of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
• Psalms 31:20 — Thou shalt hide them in the secret (בְּסֵ֥תֶר) of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
• Psalms 32:7 — Thou art my hiding place (סֵ֥תֶר); thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
• Psalms 61:4 — I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert (בְסֵ֖תֶר) of thy wings. Selah.
• Psalms 81:7 — Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place (בְּסֵ֣תֶר) of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
• Psalms 91:1 — He that dwelleth in the secret place (בְּסֵ֣תֶר) of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
• Psalms 101:5 — Whoso privily (בַסֵּ֨תֶר) slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
• Psalms 119:114 — Thou art my hiding place (סִתְרִ֣י) and my shield: I hope in thy word.
• Psalms 139:15 — My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret (בַסֵּ֑תֶר), and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
• Proverbs 9:17 — Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret (סְתָרִ֣ים) is pleasant.
• Proverbs 21:14 — A gift in secret (בַּ֭סֵּתֶר) pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
• Proverbs 25:23 — The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting (סָֽתֶר) tongue.
• Song of Songs 2:14 — O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret (בְּסֵ֙תֶר֙) places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
• Isaiah 16:4 — Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert (סֵ֥תֶר) to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
• Isaiah 28:17 — Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place (וְסֵ֥תֶר).
• Isaiah 32:2 — And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert (וְסֵ֣תֶר) from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
• Isaiah 45:19 — I have not spoken in secret (בַסֵּ֣תֶר), in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
• Isaiah 48:16 — Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret (בַּסֵּ֣תֶר) from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
• Jeremiah 37:17 — Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly (בַּסֵּ֔תֶר) in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
• Jeremiah 38:16 — So Zedekiah the king sware secretly (בַּסֵּ֣תֶר) unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
• Jeremiah 40:15 — Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly (בַסֵּ֨תֶר), saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?