Strong’s Hebrew • Noun, Masculine
H5643: sether
סֵתֶרPronounced: /say-ther/ • From H5641 (sathar — to hide, conceal)
Short Definition: Secret place, hiding shelter, covering
Exhaustive Lexicon Definition & Theological Meaning
A covering, secret sanctuary, or divine hiding place where the believer is shielded from the strife of tongues and demonic arrows.
Brown-Driver-Briggs / Thayer Exegesis:
BDB: Covering, hiding place, protection, secret retreat.
KJV Translation Usage
secret (12x), secretly (9x), hiding place (6x), secret place (5x)
Total Biblical Occurrences
36 Times
Asante Twi Equivalent
Kokoamuhɔ / Guankɔbea Kokoam
Key Biblical Occurrences
H5643 (סֵתֶר) appears in these foundational scripture passages:
Psalm 91:1Psalm 27:5Psalm 31:20Psalm 119:114