Lexical Definition

‎מִסְתָּר‎ miçtâr (mis-tawr') hiding ^H:N-M
from ‎סָתַר‎

secret(-ly, place).

• properly, a concealer, i.e. a covert

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

See Greek: ἀόρατος · κρυπτός · κρυπτός · λάθρα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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).

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