King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2926
Transliteration: kryptē
Phonetic Spelling: (kroop-tay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a crypt
Meaning: a crypt
κρύπτη (so Relz G L T Tr K C) (but some prefer to write it κρύπτη (so WH, Meyer, Bleek, etc., Chandler § 183; cf. Tdf. on Luke as below)), κρυπτης, ἡ, a crypt, covered way, vault, cellar: εἰς κρύπτην, Luke 11:33 (Athen. 5 (4), 205 a. equivalent to κρυπτός περίπατος, p. 206; (Josephus, b. j. 5, 7, 4 at the end; Strabo 17, 1, 37); Sueton. Calig. 58; Juvenal 5, 106; Vitruv. 6, 8 (5); others). Cf. Meyer at the passage cited; Winer's Grammar, 238 (223).
Word Summary
kryptē: a crypt
Original Word: κρύπτηTransliteration: kryptē
Phonetic Spelling: (kroop-tay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a crypt
Meaning: a crypt
Strong's Concordance
a dark and hidden place, a cellarFeminine of kruptos; a hidden place, i.e. Cellar ("crypt") -- secret.
see GREEK kruptos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2926: κρύπτηκρύπτη (so Relz G L T Tr K C) (but some prefer to write it κρύπτη (so WH, Meyer, Bleek, etc., Chandler § 183; cf. Tdf. on Luke as below)), κρυπτης, ἡ, a crypt, covered way, vault, cellar: εἰς κρύπτην, Luke 11:33 (Athen. 5 (4), 205 a. equivalent to κρυπτός περίπατος, p. 206; (Josephus, b. j. 5, 7, 4 at the end; Strabo 17, 1, 37); Sueton. Calig. 58; Juvenal 5, 106; Vitruv. 6, 8 (5); others). Cf. Meyer at the passage cited; Winer's Grammar, 238 (223).