Strong's H5640 · Hebrew
סָתַם
çâtham · /saw-tham'/
Definition
to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
KJV: closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.
Root / derivation: or שָׂתַם; (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root;
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered סָתַם across 14 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
14 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Genesis2 verses
For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
Genesis 26:18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
2 Kings2 verses
And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. mar: Heb. grieve
2 Kings 3:25And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. only in: Heb. until he left its stones in Kirharaseth
2 Chronicles3 verses
He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
2 Chronicles 32:4So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? ran: Heb. overflowed
2 Chronicles 32:30This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
Psalms1 verse
Lamentations1 verse
Ezekiel1 verse
Daniel3 verses
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
Daniel 12:4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Daniel 12:9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H5640 (çâtham) mean?
to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
How many times does H5640 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H5640 (סָתַם) appears in 14 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “stopped.”
How is çâtham translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H5640 is rendered as “stopped” (6×), “up” (3×), “stop” (2×), “hidden” (1×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word סָתַם come from?
or שָׂתַם; (Numbers 24:15), a primitive root;