Tsaphan צָפַן

Tsaphan (Hebrew צָפַן, Strong's H6845) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to treasure”. It occurs 32 times in 31 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 Tsaphan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 2:2
  And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
• Exodus 2:3
  And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

Joshua

• Joshua 2:4
  And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.

Job

• Job 10:13
  And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
• 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 15:20
  The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
• Job 17:4
  For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
• Job 20:26
  All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
• Job 21:19
  God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
• Job 23:12
  Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
• Job 24:1
  Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?

Psalms

• Psalm 10:8
  He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
• Psalm 17:14
  From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
• 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 31:19
  Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
• 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 56:6
  They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
• Psalm 83:3
  They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
• Psalm 119:11
  Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:11
  If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
• Proverbs 1:18
  And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
• Proverbs 2:1
  My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
• Proverbs 2:7
  He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
• Proverbs 7:1
  My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
• Proverbs 10:14
  Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
• Proverbs 13:22
  A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
• Proverbs 27:16
  Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 7:13
  The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.

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.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 7:22
  My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.

Hosea

• Hosea 13:12
  The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.

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).