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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