Word Summary
kryptō: to hide
Original Word: κρύπτωTransliteration: kryptō
Phonetic Spelling: (kroop'-to)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hide
Meaning: to hide
Strong's Concordance
to conceal
A primary verb; to conceal (properly, by covering) -- hide (self), keep secret, secret(-ly).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2928: κρύπτωκρύπτω: 1 aorist
ἔκρυψα; passive, perfect 3 person singular
κέκρυπται, participle
κεκρυμμένος; 2 aorist
ἐκρύβην (so also in the
Sept., for the earlier
ἐκρυφην, cf. Alexander
Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p. 377; Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 212; (
Veitch, under the word)); (cf.
καλύπτω; from
Homer down); the
Sept. for
הֶחְבִּיא,
הִסְתִּיר,
צָפַן,
טָמַן,
כִּחֵד,
כִּסָּה;
to hide, conceal;
a. properly: τί, Matthew 13:44 and L T Tr WH in ; passive, Hebrews 11:23; Revelation 2:17; κρυβῆναι equivalent to to be hid, escape notice, Matthew 5:14; 1 Timothy 5:25; ἐκρύβη (quietly withdrew (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 38, 2 a.)) ἐκρύβη καί ἐξῆλθεν, i. e. departed secretly, John 8:59 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 469 (437)); κρύπτω τί ἐν with the dative of place, Matthew 25:25; passive ; κέκρυπται ... ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, is kept laid up with God in heaven, Colossians 3:3; τί εἰς τί, Luke 13:21 (R G L ἐνέκρυψεν); ἑαυτόν εἰς with the accusative of place, Revelation 6:15; τινα ἀπό προσώπου τίνος to cover (and remove (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 6 b.; 66, 2 d.)) from the view of anyone, i. e. to take away, rescue, from the sight, Revelation 6:16; ἐκρύβη ἀπ' αὐτῶν, withdrew from them, John 12:36 (in Greek authors generally κρύπτειν τινα τί; cf. ἀποκρύπτω, b.). b. metaphorically, to conceal (that it may not become known): κεκρυμμένος, clandestine, John 19:38; τί ἀπό τίνος (the genitive of person), Matthew 11:25 L T Tr WH; (Luke 18:34); κεκρυμμένα things hidden i. e. unknown, used of God's saving counsels, Matthew 13:35; ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν τίνος, Luke 19:42 (cf. Buttmann, § 146, 1 at the end Compare: ἀποκρύπτω, ἐνκρύπτω, περικρύπτω.)