κρύπτω

κρύπτω — krýptō

κρύπτω: 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, Mat 13:44 and L T Tr WH in; passive, Heb 11:23; Rev 2:17; κρυβῆναι equivalent to to be hid, escape notice, Mat 5:14; 1Ti 5:25; ἐκρύβη (quietly withdrew (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 38, 2 a.)) ἐκρύβη καί ἐξῆλθεν, i. e. departed secretly, Joh 8:59 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 469 (437)); κρύπτω τί ἐν with the dative of place, Mat 25:25; passive; κέκρυπται... ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, is kept laid up with God in heaven, Col 3:3; τί εἰς τί, Luk 13:21 (R G L ἐνέκρυψεν); ἑαυτόν εἰς with the accusative of place, Rev 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, Rev 6:16; ἐκρύβη ἀπ' αὐτῶν, withdrew from them, Joh 12:36 (in Greek authors generally κρύπτειν τινα τί; cf. ἀποκρύπτω, b.).

b. metaphorically, to conceal (that it may not become known): κεκρυμμένος, clandestine, Joh 19:38; τί ἀπό τίνος (the genitive of person), Mat 11:25 L T Tr WH; (Luk 18:34); κεκρυμμένα things hidden i. e. unknown, used of God's saving counsels, Mat 13:35; ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν τίνος, Luk 19:42 (cf. Buttmann, § 146, 1 at the end Compare: ἀποκρύπτω, ἐνκρύπτω, περικρύπτω.)