סֵתֶר
sitrâ
covering
Strong's H5643NounHebrewTWOT 1551a

סֵתֶר (sitrâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning covering. It appears 36 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5643).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1551a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1551a)covering, hiding-place, secrecy; cover; backbiting, covert, hiding place, privily, protection, secret, secretly
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סֵ֫תֶר noun, masculine: covering, hiding-place, secrecy

Strong's H5643 סֵתֶר: a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
KJV:backbiting, covering, covert, × disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1551: סָתַר sātar — hide, conceal; hide oneself, be hid; carefully hide, shelter; love carefully concealed; hide oneself carefully; be absent, keep close, secret

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 27:15Judges 3:191 Samuel 19:2

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