צָפַן tsâphan

Meaning

to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk

In the King James Version: esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Exodus 2:2 and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
• Exodus 2:3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
• Joshua 2:4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
• Job 10:13 Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
• Job 14:13 If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
• Job 15:20 A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
• Job 17:4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
• Job 20:26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
• Job 21:19 It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
• Job 23:12 I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
• Job 24:1 “Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
• Psalms 10:8 He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
• Psalms 17:14 from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
• Psalms 27:5 For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
• Psalms 31:19 How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
• Psalms 31:20 You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
• Psalms 56:6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
• Psalms 83:3 With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
• Psalms 119:11 I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
• Proverbs 1:11 If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
• Proverbs 1:18 But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
• Proverbs 2:1 My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
• Proverbs 2:7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
• Proverbs 7:1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
• Proverbs 10:14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
• Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
• Proverbs 27:16 restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
• Song of Solomon 7:13 The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.
• Jeremiah 16:17 For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
• Ezekiel 7:22 I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.
• Hosea 13:12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.