Seter סֵ֫תֶר

Seter (Hebrew סֵ֫תֶר, Strong's H5643) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “secrecy”. It occurs 36 times in 36 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5643A: secrecy

H5643B: shelter

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

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 13:6
  If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
• Deuteronomy 27:15
  Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• Deuteronomy 27:24
  Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• Deuteronomy 28:57
  And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.
• Deuteronomy 32:38
  Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!

Judges

• Judges 3:19
  But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 19:2
  But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
• 1 Samuel 25:20
  And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 12:12
  For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

Job

• Job 13:10
  He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
• Job 22:14
  Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
• Job 24:15
  The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
• Job 31:27
  And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
• Job 40:21
  He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.

Psalms

• Psalm 18:11
  He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
• 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 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 32:7
  Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
• Psalm 61:4
  I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
• Psalm 81:7
  Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
• Psalm 91:1
  He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
• Psalm 101:5
  Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
• Psalm 119:114
  Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
• Psalm 139:15
  My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 9:17
  Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
• Proverbs 21:14
  A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
• Proverbs 25:23
  The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 2:14
  O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 16:4
  Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,
• Isaiah 28:17
  Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
• Isaiah 32:2
  And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
• Isaiah 45:19
  I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
• Isaiah 48:16
  Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me.Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 37:17
  Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
• Jeremiah 38:16
  So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
• Jeremiah 40:15
  Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”

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).