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מַסְתֵּר

𐤌𐤎𐤕𐤓

maçtêr

H4564 noun

SILEX Entry

Root סתר to hide, conceal, keep secret

Definition

A place or state of concealment; hiding place or the act of hiding. Refers to a physical location, circumstance, or condition where something or someone is hidden or kept from view.

Semantic Range

concealment, hiding place, the act of hiding, shelter (esp. from danger), secret or hidden state, cover

Root / Etymology

Derived from the root סתר, meaning 'to hide, conceal.' מַסְתֵּר is a noun form indicating either the act of hiding or a place of concealment.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In biblical usage, מַסְתֵּר typically refers to a location or state where something is hidden, often used both literally for secret places or shelters (such as caves, rocks, or shadows where people hide from enemies or danger) and figuratively for God's protective concealment. It appears in Psalms and prophetic texts to denote both the hiding place itself and the abstract concept of concealment. The term is sometimes translated as 'hiding place' or 'shelter,' but these can obscure the broad application of the term to both active hiding and the state of being hidden. Unlike related nouns such as סֵתֶר (covering, secret place) or מִסְתָּרִים (plural for hiding places), מַסְתֵּר emphasizes more the abstract act or place of concealment. English translations sometimes read 'secret place,' but this can give too spatial a sense; the term's nuance covers both physical and metaphorical concealment. In later periods, related vocabulary is used to discuss divine protection or the hiddenness of God's ways, but מַסְתֵּר itself remains primarily a biblical word not in broad postbiblical use.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from סָתַר; properly, a hider, i.e. (abstractly) a hiding, i.e. aversion; hid.

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Root Family

סתר (s-t-r) — hide, conceal, keep secret

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H4563 מִסְתּוֹר and for a hiding place
H4565 מִסְתָּר in the hiding-place
H5639 סְתוּר Hidden One
H5641 סָתַר I will conceal
H5642 סְתַר he concealed him

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H4564-01 וּ/כְ/מַסְתֵּ֤ר ukhemaseter HC/R/Ncmsc and as a hiding and as a hiding-place of 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H4564-01 Isaiah 53:3 וּ/כְ/מַסְתֵּ֤ר ukhemaseter HC/R/Ncmsc and as a hiding and as a hiding-place of
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