Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5638 |
|---|---|
| Word: | סְתָו |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from an unused root meaning to hide |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | cthav |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | seth-awv' |
| Meaning: | 1. winter (as the dark season) |
| KJV Renderings: | winter. |
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סתו Kt , סְתָיו Qr noun masculine winter (loan-word from Aramaic; compare Syriac [untranscribed source text 3668], ᵑ7 סִיתְוָא; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3669] Lane1504; probably originally ׳ שׂ, compare SchwIdioticon 64; on ו as old nominative ending (׳ ס for šutayu) compare LagBN 190 Anm.); — הַסְּתָ֯ו עָבָ֑ר Song 2:11.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
