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Strong's H5641 סָתַר (cathar)

Cathar means “be absent” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H5641
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 79
Books 18

Strong's H5641 Quick Answer

Strong's H5641 סָתַר (cathar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. cathar (saw-thar') v. 1. to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively [a primitive root] It has 79 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include hide, secret, close, and conceal. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
cathar (saw-thar') v. 1. to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively [a primitive root]
Usage
79 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
hide, secret, close, and conceal

Meaning and Definition

cathar (saw-thar') v. 1. to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively [a primitive root] KJV: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.

Original Word
סָתַר
Transliteration
cathar
Derivation
Root: סתר
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5641. 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 hide

Usage: 1) to hide, conceal 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to hide oneself 1a2) to be hidden, be concealed 1b) (Piel) to hide carefully 1c) (Pual) to be hidden carefully, be concealed 1d) (Hiphil) to conceal, hide 1e) (Hithpael) to hide oneself carefully Aramaic equivalent: se.tar (סְתַר "to hide" H5642A)

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How Strong's H5641 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render cathar, 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.

hide Deuteronomy 7:20 34× secret Deuteronomy 29:29 close Numbers 5:13 conceal Proverbs 25:2

How Strong's H5641 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 79 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5641 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 H5641 in the Old Testament

79 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 4:14 KJV

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.

Genesis 31:49 KJV

And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

Exodus 3:6 KJV

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 79 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5641.

Genesis 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Genesis 31:49 Old Testament, KJV
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
Exodus 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Numbers 5:13 Old Testament, KJV
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;
Deuteronomy 7:20 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
Deuteronomy 29:29 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Deuteronomy 31:17 Old Testament, KJV
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?
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.
Deuteronomy 32:20 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Samuel 20:2 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Samuel 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Samuel 20:19 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Samuel 20:24 Old Testament, KJV
So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
1 Samuel 23:19 Old Testament, KJV
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?
1 Samuel 26:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
1 Kings 17:3 Old Testament, KJV
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
2 Kings 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Chronicles 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Job 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
Job 3:23 Old Testament, KJV
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Job 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
Job 13:24 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Job 14:13 Old Testament, KJV
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!
Job 28:21 Old Testament, KJV
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
Job 34:22 Old Testament, KJV
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Job 34:29 Old Testament, KJV
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:
Psalms 10:11 Old Testament, KJV
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Psalms 13:1 Old Testament, KJV
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 17:8 Old Testament, KJV
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Psalms 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Psalms 19:12 Old Testament, KJV
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
Psalms 22:24 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Psalms 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Psalms 27:9 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Psalms 30:7 Old Testament, KJV
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
Psalms 31:20 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Psalms 38:9 Old Testament, KJV
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
Psalms 44:24 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Psalms 51:9 Old Testament, KJV
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Psalms 55:12 Old Testament, KJV
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:
Psalms 64:2 Old Testament, KJV
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Psalms 69:17 Old Testament, KJV
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
Psalms 88:14 Old Testament, KJV
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
Psalms 89:46 Old Testament, KJV
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Psalms 102:2 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Psalms 104:29 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Psalms 119:19 Old Testament, KJV
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
Psalms 143:7 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Proverbs 22:3 Old Testament, KJV
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 25:2 Old Testament, KJV
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Proverbs 27:12 Old Testament, KJV
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 28:28 Old Testament, KJV
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Isaiah 8:17 Old Testament, KJV
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Isaiah 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
Isaiah 28:15 Old Testament, KJV
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:
Isaiah 29:14 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 29:15 Old Testament, KJV
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?
Isaiah 40:27 Old Testament, KJV
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?
Isaiah 45:15 Old Testament, KJV
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Isaiah 49:2 Old Testament, KJV
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;
Isaiah 50:6 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 54:8 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 57:17 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 59:2 Old Testament, KJV
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Isaiah 64:7 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 65:16 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jeremiah 16:17 Old Testament, KJV
For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
Jeremiah 23:24 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jeremiah 33:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jeremiah 36:19 Old Testament, KJV
Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
Jeremiah 36:26 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezekiel 39:23 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Ezekiel 39:24 Old Testament, KJV
According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
Ezekiel 39:29 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Hosea 13:14 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Amos 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
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:
Micah 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Zephaniah 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5641, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 6 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 8 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 22 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 14 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5641 FAQ

What does cathar (סָתַר) mean?

Cathar (Strong's H5641) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be absent". cathar (saw-thar') v. 1. to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively [a primitive root]

How many times is cathar (סָתַר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 79 linked usages for Strong's H5641 across 18 books.

Where can I study cathar (סָתַר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5641 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate cathar (סָתַר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hide, secret, close, and conceal. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.