Lexicon :: Strong's H5640 - sāṯam

סָתַם

Transliteration

sāṯam

Pronunciation

saw-tham'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1550

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

סָתַם çâtham, saw-tham'; or שָׂתַם sâtham; (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root; to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret:—closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H5640 in the following manner: stop (8x), shut up (2x), hidden (1x), shut out (1x), secret (1x), close up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H5640 in the following manner: stop (8x), shut up (2x), hidden (1x), shut out (1x), secret (1x), close up (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to stop up, shut up, keep close
1. (Qal)
  1. to stop up
  2. to shut up, keep close
  3. secret (participle)
2. (Niphal) to be stopped up
3. (Piel) to stop up

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H5640: Abbreviations

† סָתַם verb stop up, shut up, keep close (Late Hebrew id.; סְתַם id.; Syriac ( very rare); Arabic close door Lane^{1334, and} Kam Frey, are perhaps loan-words); **compare Assyrian bit sutummu, storehouse, treasury, Zehnpf^{BAS i. 531}. —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ס׳ 2 Chronicles 32:30; Imperfect 2nd person masculine plural תִּסְתֹּ֑מוּ 2 Kings 3:19; 3rd person masculine plural יִסְתֹּ֑מוּ 2 Kings 3:25, וַיִּסְתְּמוּ 2 Chronicles 32:4; Imperative masculine singular סְתֹם Daniel 8:26; Daniel 12:4; Infinitive construct לִסְתּוֺם 2 Chronicles 32:3; Passive participle סָתוּם Ezekiel 28:3, סָתֻם Psalm 51:8, plural סְתֻמִים Daniel 12:9; —

1. stop up springs of water 2 Kings 3:19, 25; 2 Chronicles 32:3, 4, compare 2 Chronicles 32:30.

2. shut up, keep close, prophetic words Daniel 8:26; Daniel 12:4, 9; בְּסָתֻם Psalm 51:8 in (the) closed (chamber of the breast; || טֻחוֺת). — כָּלסָֿתוּם Ezekiel 28:3 usually no secret is too dark for thee, but doubtful (see II. עמם); σοφοί, Co חַרְטֻמִּים < Toy חֲכָמִים, or Berthol. קֹסְמִים.

Niph. Infinitive construct לְהִסָּתֵם Nehemiah 4:1 the breaches [in the walls] had begun to be stopped up.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person plural suffix סִתְּמוּם Genesis 26:16; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural suffix וַיְסַתְּמוּם Genesis 26:18, both of stopping wells quite up (R^JE).

† שָׂתַם verb usually stop up, in sense of shut out, shut ears against (late || form of סָתַם; yet awkward; Ba^{ES 9} compare Arabic frustrate, disappoint); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular תְּפִלָּתִי שׂ׳ Lamentations 3:8 (> van d. H. שָׂתָם) he (י׳) hath shut out my prayer (Bu מתּ׳ שׂ׳ shut up [himself] from).

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:16; 26:18

2 Kings

3:19; 3:19; 3:25; 3:25

2 Chronicles

32:3; 32:3; 32:4; 32:4; 32:30; 32:30

Nehemiah

4:1

Esther

Psalms

51:8; 51:8

Lamentations

3:8

Ezekiel

28:3; 28:3

Daniel

8:26; 8:26; 12:4; 12:4; 12:9; 12:9

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H5640 matches the Hebrew סָתַם (sāṯam),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 26:15

Gen 26:15 - For all the wells^H875 which his father's^H1 servants^H5650 had digged^H2658 in the days^H3117 of Abraham^H85 his father,^H1 the Philistines^H6430 had stopped^H5640 them, and filled^H4390 them with earth.^H6083

Gen 26:18

Gen 26:18 - And Isaac^H3327 digged^H2658 again^H7725 the wells^H875 of water,^H4325 which they had digged^H2658 in the days^H3117 of Abraham^H85 his father;^H1 for the Philistines^H6430 had stopped^H5640 them after^H310 the death^H4194 of Abraham:^H85 and he called^H7121 their names^H8034 after the names^H8034 by which^H834 his father^H1 had called^H7121 them.

2Ki 3:19

2Ki 3:19 - And ye shall smite^H5221 every fenced^H4013 city,^H5892 and every choice^H4004 city,^H5892 and shall fell^H5307 every good^H2896 tree,^H6086 and stop^H5640 all wells^H4599 of water,^H4325 and mar^H3510 every good^H2896 piece^H2513 of land with stones.^H68

2Ki 3:25

2Ki 3:25 - And they beat down^H2040 the cities,^H5892 and on every good^H2896 piece^H2513 of land cast^H7993 every man^H376 his stone,^H68 and filled^H4390 it; and they stopped^H5640 all the wells^H4599 of water,^H4325 and felled^H5307 all the good^H2896 trees:^H6086 only in Kirharaseth^H7025 left^H7604 they the stones^H68 thereof; howbeit the slingers^H7051 went about^H5437 it, and smote^H5221 it.

2Ch 32:3

2Ch 32:3 - He took counsel^H3289 with his princes^H8269 and his mighty men^H1368 to stop^H5640 the waters^H4325 of the fountains^H5869 which were without^H2351 the city:^H5892 and they did help^H5826 him.

2Ch 32:4

2Ch 32:4 - So there was gathered^H6908 ➔ much^H7227 people^H5971 together,^H6908 who stopped^H5640 all the fountains,^H4599 and the brook^H5158 that ran^H7857 through the midst^H8432 of the land,^H776 saying,^H559 Why should the kings^H4428 of Assyria^H804 come,^H935 and find^H4672 much^H7227 water?^H4325

2Ch 32:30

2Ch 32:30 - This same Hezekiah^H3169 also stopped^H5640 the upper^H5945 watercourse^H4161^H4325 of Gihon,^H1521 and brought it straight^H3474 down^H4295 to the west side^H4628 of the city^H5892 of David.^H1732 And Hezekiah^H3169 prospered^H6743 in all his works.^H4639

Neh 4:7

Neh 4:7 - But it came to pass, that when Sanballat,^H5571 and Tobiah,^H2900 and the Arabians,^H6163 and the Ammonites,^H5984 and the Ashdodites,^H796 heard^H8085 that the walls^H2346 of Jerusalem^H3389 were made up,^H724^H5927 and that the breaches^H6555 began^H2490 to be stopped,^H5640 then they were very^H3966 wroth,^H2734

Psa 51:6

Psa 51:6 - Behold, thou desirest^H2654 truth^H571 in the inward parts:^H2910 and in the hidden^H5640 part thou shalt make me to know^H3045 wisdom.^H2451

Lam 3:8

Lam 3:8 - Also when I cry^H2199 and shout,^H7768 he shutteth out^H5640 my prayer.^H8605

Eze 28:3

Eze 28:3 - Behold, thou art wiser^H2450 than Daniel;^H1840 there is no secret^H5640 that they can hide^H6004 from thee:

Dan 8:26

Dan 8:26 - And the vision^H4758 of the evening^H6153 and the morning^H1242 which was told^H559 is true:^H571 wherefore shut thou up^H5640 the vision;^H2377 for it shall be for many^H7227 days.^H3117

Dan 12:4

Dan 12:4 - But thou, O Daniel,^H1840 shut up^H5640 the words,^H1697 and seal^H2856 the book,^H5612 even to the time^H6256 of the end:^H7093 many^H7227 shall run to and fro,^H7751 and knowledge^H1847 shall be increased.^H7235

Dan 12:9

Dan 12:9 - And he said,^H559 Go thy way,^H3212 Daniel:^H1840 for the words^H1697 are closed up^H5640 and sealed^H2856 till the time^H6256 of the end.^H7093

Lexicon :: Strong's H5640 - sāṯam

סָתַם

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