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περικρύπτω

perikrýptō · G4032 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. to hide, to keep secret, to conceal

    To cause something not to be known

    Examples

    Luke 1:24 Now after these days his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying,

How it’s used In 2 roles

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Who or what does itSubject

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What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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Near synonyms 1 word
καλύπτω kalýptō · G2572 · to cover, to cover over, to hide
καλύπτω is the broad, general verb for covering or hiding, while περικρύπτω, with its περι- prefix, emphasizes complete concealment on every side. The two verbs are near-synonyms within the vocabulary of hiding, related as a general term and its more emphatic, intensified counterpart.
Semantic domains 1 entry
To hide, to keep secret, to conceal28.79
περικρύπτω describes concealing something entirely from view. Luke records that after Elizabeth conceived, “she kept herself in seclusion for five months” (Luke 1:24, where the verb governs her withdrawing herself from public view).
Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κρύπτω krýptō · G2928 · to keep safe, to cause to be protected, to protect · 19×κρυπτός kryptós · G2927 · in secret, privately · 19×ἀποκρύπτω apokrýptō · G613 · to keep secret, to conceal · 4×ἀπόκρυφος apókryphos · G614 · secret, not able to be known · 3×ἐγκρύπτω enkrýptō · G1470 · to put into, to hide in · 1×κρύπτη krýptē · G2926 · secret place, hidden place, cellar · 1×κρυφῆ kryphē · G2931 · in secret, in private, secretly · 1×περικρύπτωperikrýptō · G4032
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 2 aorist περιέκρυβον (on this fore cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p.…
: 2 aorist περιέκρυβον (on this fore cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p. 400f; ii., p. 226; (WHs Appendix, p. 170; others make it (in Luke as below) a late imperfect; cf. Buttmann, 40 (35); Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word κρυβῶ; Veitch, under the word κρύπτω)); to conceal on all sides or entirely, to hide: ἑαυτόν, to keep oneself at home, Lk 1:24. (Lucian, (Diogenes Laërtius, others.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Not Able To Be Known, Secret1 occurrence

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.

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