Words the Bible translates as hiding place
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- seterסֵתֶרa cover: a place or condition of being hidden, whether for shelter or for secrecy
- mistarמִסְתָּרa place out of sight: the cover someone watches or strikes from unseen, or where a person or a treasure is kept beyond finding
- sokhסֹךְa hidden den: a screen of woven cover that keeps whoever owns it out of sight
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