Strong’s H4564 · Hebrew

מַסְתֵּר
maçtêr
mas-tare'

Definition

properly, a hider, i.e. (abstractly) a hiding, i.e. aversion

Etymology

from H5641 (סָתַר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • hid

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What the first audience heard

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