κρύπτη
krýptē · G2926 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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secret place, hidden place, cellar
(Locative derivative of κρυπτός ‘secret, hidden,’) A place which is secret or hidden and thus not generally known, possibly referring to a structure built underground for hiding or storing objects
ExamplesLuke 11:33 “No one lights a lamp and puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.
How it’s used In 1 role
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1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰςto 2
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ταμεῖον tameîon · G5009 · inner room, storeroom, treasure room
- Greek word for an inner chamber or storage room, often with connotations of privacy or concealment; used in the NT for private, hidden places (Matt 6:6).
In the other Testament 1 word
- מִסְתָּר miçtâr · H4565 · hiding place, ambush
- Hebrew term for a concealed or secret place where one hides or stores things; directly parallels the sense of κρύπτη as a hidden location.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Secret place, hidden place, cellar28.78
- κρύπτη names a hidden underground place, a cellar or vault. Luke 11:33 has Jesus teaching, “No one lights a lamp and puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light,” the κρύπτην naming this cellar unsuited for displaying a lit lamp.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (so Relz G L T Tr K C) (but some prefer to write it κρύπτη (so WH, Meyer, Bleek, etc.,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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