Quick Definition
to treasure
Strong's Definition
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).
TWOT Reference: 1953
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צָפַן (tsa.phan) — to treasure. 1) to hide, treasure, treasure or store up 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to hide, treasure, treasure up 1a2) to lie hidden, lurk 1b) (Niphal) to be hidden, be stored up 1c) (Hiphil) to hide, hide from discovery
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַצְפֹּון · אֱלִיצָפָן · אֶלְצָפָן · צְפַנְיָה
Hide | verb qal | ≈ ארב
to lurk, to lie in wait, to ambush = action by which humans hide themselves ► in order to attack another person
Safe | verb qal, verb hif
to hide = causative action by which humans bring other humans to a particular location ► in order to keep them from danger
EXO 2:2 · EXO 2:3 · JOS 2:4 · JOB 14:13 · PSA 27:5 · PSA 31:21
Space | verb qal
to store, to lay up = causative action by which humans store valuable objects in a particular location ► in order to keep them in a good condition or to keep them safe
Non-Know | verb nif | ≈ סתר
to hide, to conceal = causative action by which humans keep information hidden from deities
Know | verb qal
to store up (memories), to remember literally: to store up events in one's mind; hence: = action by which deities keep a record of events ► in order to act upon them at a later date
Think | verb qal
to store up (intentions), to plan literally: to store up events in one's mind; hence: = action by which deities decide in their minds to carry out a certain event in the future
Love | verb qal
to treasure, to cherish literally: to store up events in one's mind; hence: = to experience affection for an event
JOB 23:12 · PSA 119:11 · PRO 2:1 · PRO 7:1
Love | verb qal sg
treasure, treasured one literally: stored up in a safe place, hence: = person or object considered valuable and/or treated with affection
Happen | verb nif
to store up (times), to set (times), to preserve (times) to store up events; hence: = to prepare for events to take place in the future
1 PSA 56:7 MT-K יצפינו | MT-Q יִצְפֹּונוּ 2 PRO 2:7 MT-K וצפן | MT-Q יִצְפֹּן 3 PSA 17:14 MT-K צפינך | MT-Q צְפוּנךָ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צָפַן vb. hide, treasure up Qal trans. hide
intrans. lie hid, lurk
Niph. be hidden from before
Hiph. hide
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