Strong H56422 sensesסְתַר

to hide · to destroy

Transliteration
sethar
Pronunciation
seth-ar'

The 2 senses of Strong H5642

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5642 appears in 2 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to hideH5642A(Pael) to hide, remove from sight1 verse · Daniel
  2. to destroyH5642B(P'al) destroy1 verse · Ezra

General definition

(Chaldee); corresponding to H5641; to conceal; figuratively to demolish: - {destroy} secret thing.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • destroy1
  • thing1

First verses

  1. Ezra 5:12
    But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
  2. Daniel 2:22
    He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.