Word Summary
apokryptō: to hide, conceal
Original Word: ἀποκρύπτωTransliteration: apokryptō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ok-roop'-to)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hide, conceal
Meaning: to hide, conceal
Strong's Concordance
hide.
From apo and krupto; to conceal away (i.e. Fully); figuratively, to keep secret -- hide.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK krupto
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 613: ἀποκρύπτωἀποκρύπτω: 1 aorist
ἀπεκρυψα; perfect passive participle
ἀποκεκρυμμενος;
a. to hide: τί, Matthew 25:18 (L T Tr WH ἔκρυψε).
b. Passive in the sense of concealing, keeping secret: σοφία, 1 Corinthians 2:7; μυστήριον, Colossians 1:26 (opposed to φανερουσθαι); with the addition of ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, Ephesians 3:9; τί ἀπό τίνος, Luke 10:21; Matthew 11:25 (L T Tr WH ἔκρυψας), in imitation of the Hebrew מִן, Psalm 37:10 (); Psalm 118:19 (); Jeremiah 39:17 (); cf. κρύπτω (Buttmann, 149 (130); 189 (163); Winers Grammar, 227 (213)). (In Greek writings from Homer down.)