Satar סָתַר

Satar (Hebrew סָתַר, Strong's H5641) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to hide”. It occurs 80 times in 79 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Satar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 4:14
  Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
• Genesis 31:49
  And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.

Exodus

• Exodus 3:6
  Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Numbers

• Numbers 5:13
  And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 7:20
  Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.
• Deuteronomy 29:29
  The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.
• Deuteronomy 31:17
  Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
• Deuteronomy 31:18
  And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.
• Deuteronomy 32:20
  And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 20:2
  And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.“Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”
• 1 Samuel 20:5
  And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
• 1 Samuel 20:19
  And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
• 1 Samuel 20:24
  So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
• 1 Samuel 23:19
  Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
• 1 Samuel 26:1
  And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 17:3
  Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 11:2
  But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 22:11
  But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.

Job

• Job 3:10
  Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
• Job 3:23
  Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
• Job 13:20
  Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:
• Job 13:24
  Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
• Job 14:13
  O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
• Job 28:21
  Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
• Job 34:22
  There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
• Job 34:29
  When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

Psalms

• Psalm 10:11
  He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
• Psalm 13:1
  How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
• Psalm 17:8
  Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
• Psalm 19:6
  His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.
• Psalm 19:12
  Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
• Psalm 22:24
  For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
• Psalm 27:5
  For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
• Psalm 27:9
  Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
• Psalm 30:7
  LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
• Psalm 31:20
  Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
• Psalm 38:9
  Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
• Psalm 44:24
  Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
• Psalm 51:9
  Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
• Psalm 55:12
  For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
• Psalm 64:2
  Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
• Psalm 69:17
  And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
• Psalm 88:14
  LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
• Psalm 89:46
  How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
• Psalm 102:2
  Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
• Psalm 104:29
  Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
• Psalm 119:19
  I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
• Psalm 143:7
  Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 22:3
  A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
• Proverbs 25:2
  It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
• Proverbs 27:5
  Open rebuke is better than secret love.Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
• Proverbs 27:12
  A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
• Proverbs 28:28
  When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 8:17
  And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
• Isaiah 16:3
  Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
• Isaiah 28:15
  Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
• Isaiah 29:14
  Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
• Isaiah 29:15
  Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
• Isaiah 40:27
  Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
• Isaiah 45:15
  Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
• Isaiah 49:2
  And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.
• Isaiah 50:6
  I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
• Isaiah 54:8
  In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
• Isaiah 57:17
  For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
• Isaiah 59:2
  But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
• Isaiah 64:7
  And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
• Isaiah 65:16
  That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 16:17
  For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
• Jeremiah 23:24
  Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 33:5
  They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.
• Jeremiah 36:19
  Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”
• Jeremiah 36:26
  But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord hid them.Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 39:23
  And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
• Ezekiel 39:24
  According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.
• Ezekiel 39:29
  Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”

Hosea

• Hosea 13:14
  I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

Amos

• Amos 9:3
  And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

Micah

• Micah 3:4
  Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 2:3
  Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).