H4565

מִסְתָּר

mis.tarH:N-M

hiding

1) secret place, hiding place 1a) secret place 1b) hiding place 1b1) for protection 1b2) for perpetration of crime

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מִסְתָּר noun [masculine] secret place, hiding place; — absolute ׳מ Ps 10:9; Hab 3:14 usually plural מִסְתָּרִים Jer 13:17 + 6 t.; suffix מִסְתָּרָיו Jer 49:10 —

1. secret place(s), concealed from view, Jer 13:17 where treasures are stored Isa 45:3.
2. hiding-place(s):
  a. for protection Jer 23:24; Jer 49:10.
  b. for perpetration of crime, especially murder: Ps 10:8 (|| מַאֲרָב), simile of lion vPs 10:9, Ps 17:12, compare Hab 3:14; Ps 64:5 of ׳י lying in wait Lam 3:10 (as a lion).


5 occurrences

Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3)