סְתַר

setar · destroy, demolish

Aramaic word · Strong’s number H5642 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

setar (סְתַר) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “destroy, demolish”.

To destroy, to tear down (Aramaic).

How to say it

se·tar

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To pull down a building.
  2. What is concealed, unseen by anyone.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • he destroyed ×1
  • hidden things ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Ezra 5:12

    But because our fathers angered the Elah of the heavens, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean; and this house he destroyed, and the people he carried into exile to Babylon.

  • Daniel 2:22

    He reveals the deep things and the hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.