Strong’s H4565 · Hebrew
מִסְתָּר
miçtâr
mis-tawr'
Definition
properly, a concealer, i.e. a covert
Etymology
from H5641 (סָתַר);
Where the KJV renders it
- secret(-ly
- place)
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