Strong's H6845 · Hebrew
צָפַן
tsâphan · /tsaw-fan'/
Definition
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
KJV: esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).
Root / derivation: a primitive root;
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered צָפַן across 30 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
30 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Exodus2 verses
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
Exodus 2:3And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
Job8 verses
And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
Job 14:13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Job 15:20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Job 17:4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Job 20:26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
Job 21:19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity
Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up my: or, my appointed portion
Job 24:1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
Psalms7 verses
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. are: Heb. hide themselves
Psalms 27:5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Psalms 31:19Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Psalms 31:20Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Psalms 56:6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
Psalms 83:3They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
Psalms 119:11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Proverbs8 verses
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Proverbs 1:18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Proverbs 2:7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs 7:1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Proverbs 10:14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 27:16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
Song of Solomon1 verse
Jeremiah1 verse
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H6845 (tsâphan) mean?
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
How many times does H6845 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H6845 (צָפַן) appears in 30 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “hid.”
How is tsâphan translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H6845 is rendered as “hid” (7×), “up” (7×), “hide” (5×), “hidden” (2×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word צָפַן come from?
a primitive root;