Strong's Hebrew · H6845
צָפַן
tsâphan · tsaw-fan'
esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).
Definition
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 31 times in Scripture
“and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.”
“But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.”
“But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.”
“I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.”
“Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.”
“A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.”
“Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:”
“You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.”
“If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!”
“It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).