צָפַן (ṣāpan) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning hide. It appears
34 times
in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6845).
Also rendered
to treasure
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1953)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1953)hide, treasure up; lie hid, lurk; be hidden; covering, hoard, reserve, deny, protect; esteem, lay up, lurk privily, secret, secretly
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
צָפַןverb: hide, treasure up
Qal
1.transitive hide
2.lie hid, lurk
Niphalbe hidden from before
Hiphilhide
Strong's H6845צָפַן: to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk KJV:esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) 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.