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Strong's H5640 סָתַם (catham)

Catham means “secret” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H5640
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 15
Books 9

Strong's H5640 Quick Answer

Strong's H5640 סָתַם שָׂתַם (catham) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. catham (saw-tham') (or satham (Numbers 24) v. 1. to stop up 2. (by implication) to repair It has 15 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include stop, shut, stopped, they, and hidden. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
catham (saw-tham') (or satham (Numbers 24) v. 1. to stop up 2. (by implication) to repair
Usage
15 linked usages
Books
9 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
stop, shut, stopped, they, and hidden

Meaning and Definition

catham (saw-tham') (or satham (Numbers 24) v. 1. to stop up 2. (by implication) to repair 3. (figuratively) to keep secret [a primitive root] KJV: closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.

Original Word
סָתַם שָׂתַם
Transliteration
catham
Derivation
Root: סתם שׂתם
Morphology
verb-stem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5640. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to close

Usage: 1) to stop up, shut up, keep close 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to stop up 1a2) to shut up, keep close 1a3) secret (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be stopped up 1c) (Piel) to stop up

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How Strong's H5640 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render catham, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H5640 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 15 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5640 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5640 in the Old Testament

15 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 26:15 KJV

For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

Genesis 26:18 KJV

And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

Deuteronomy 31:18 KJV

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5640.

Genesis 26:15 Old Testament, KJV
For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
Genesis 26:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Deuteronomy 31:18 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Kings 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
2 Kings 3:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
2 Chronicles 32:3 Old Testament, KJV
He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
2 Chronicles 32:4 Old Testament, KJV
So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
2 Chronicles 32:30 Old Testament, KJV
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
Nehemiah 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Psalms 51:6 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Lamentations 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Ezekiel 28:3 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
Daniel 8:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
Daniel 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Daniel 12:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5640, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Daniel 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H5640 FAQ

What does catham (סָתַם) mean?

Catham (Strong's H5640) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "secret". catham (saw-tham') (or satham (Numbers 24) v. 1. to stop up 2. (by implication) to repair

How many times is catham (סָתַם) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H5640 across 9 books.

Where can I study catham (סָתַם) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5640 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate catham (סָתַם)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as stop, shut, stopped, they, hidden, and out. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.