Definition

to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret

Etymology

or שָׂתַם; (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• closed up
• hidden
• secret
• shut out (up)
• stop

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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