Strong's Greek · G2928

κρύπτω

krýptō

hide (self), keep secret, secret(-ly)

Definition

to conceal (properly, by covering)

Derivation

a primary verb;

Appears 19 times in Scripture

Colossians 3:3

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Matthew 5:14

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

John 8:59

At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.

Matthew 13:35

So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Matthew 13:44

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

John 19:38

Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and removed His body.

Matthew 25:18

But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

John 12:36

While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.

Matthew 25:25

So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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