Hide, Hid, Hidden - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Hide, Hid, Hidden

[ A-1,Verb,G2928, krupto ]
to cover, conceal, keep secret" (Eng., "crypt," "cryptic," etc.), is used
(a) in its physical significance, e.g., Matthew 5:14; Matthew 13:44; Matthew 25:18 (some mss. have No. 2);
(b) metaphorically, e.g., Matthew 11:25 (some mss. have No. 2 here); Matthew 13:35, RV, "(things) hidden;" AV, "(things) which have been kept secret;" Luke 18:34; Luke 19:42; John 19:38, "secretly." See SECRET.

[ A-2,Verb,G613, apokrupto ]
"to conceal from, to keep secret" (apo, "from," and No. 1), is used metaphorically, in Luke 10:21, of truths "hidden" from the wise and prudent and revealed to babes; 1 Corinthians 2:7, of God's wisdom; Ephesians 3:9, of the mystery of the unsearchable riches of Christ, revealed through the Gospel; Colossians 1:26, of the mystery associated with the preceding.

[ A-3,Verb,G1470, enkrupto ]
"to hide in anything" (en, "in," and No. 1), is used in Matthew 13:33, of leaven "hidden" in meal.

[ A-4,Verb,G4032, perikrupto ]
signifies "to hide by placing something around, to conceal entirely, to keep hidden" (peri, "around," used intensively, and No. 1), Luke 1:24.

[ A-5,Verb,G2572, kalupto ]
signifies "to cover, conceal," so that no trace of it can be seen (hence somewhat distinct from No. 1): it is not translated "to hide" in the RV; in 2 Corinthians 4:3 it is rendered "veiled," suitably continuing the subject of 3:13-18; in James 5:20, "shall hide," AV (RV, "shall cover"). See COVER.

[ A-6,Verb,G3871, parakalupto ]
lit., "to cover with a veil," AV, "hid," in Luke 9:45, "it was veiled from them;" See CONCEAL.

[ A-7,Verb,G2990, lanthano ]
"to escape notice, to be hidden from," is rendered "(could not) be hid" in Mark 7:24, of Christ; "was (not) hid," Luke 8:47, of the woman with the issue of blood; "is hidden," Acts 26:26, of the facts concerning Christ; the sentence might be rendered "none of these things has escaped the king's notice." See FORGET, UNAWARES.

[ B-1,Adjective,G2927, kruptos ]
akin to A, No.. 1, "hidden, secret," is translated "hid" in Matthew 10:26; Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17, RV, for AV, "secret;" Luke 12:2 (last part); in 1 Corinthians 4:5, "hidden (things of darkness);" 2 Corinthians 4:2, "hidden (things of shame);" 1 Peter 3:4, "hidden (man of the heart)." See INWARDLY, SECRET.

[ B-2,Adjective,G614, apokruphos ]
"hidden away from" (corresponding to A, No. 2; cp. Eng., "apocryphal"), is translated, "made (AV, kept) secret," in Mark 4:22; in Luke 8:17, RV, "secret," for AV, "hid;" in Colossians 2:3, RV, "hidden," AV, "hid." See SECRET.

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