συγκαλύπτω
synkalýptō · G4780 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to keep secret, to hide, to conceal
To cause something to remain unknown by means of purposeful concealment
ExamplesLuke 12:2 “But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐδείςno one 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- κρύπτω krýptō · G2928 · to keep safe, to cause to be protected, to protect
- A standard Greek verb for hiding or concealing; closely related in sense to συγκαλύπτω but without the intensifying prefix συν- that emphasizes complete or thorough concealment.
- ἀποκρύπτω apokrýptō · G613 · to keep secret, to conceal
- A compound of κρύπτω meaning to hide away or conceal from someone; semantically parallel to συγκαλύπτω as both express thorough concealment through prepositional compounding.
Contrasting words 1 word
- φανερόω phaneróō · G5319 · to make appear, to make visible, to cause to be seen
- The standard Greek verb for making something visible or manifest; the direct lexical opposite of concealing/hiding (συγκαλύπτω means to conceal altogether, φανερόω means to reveal/make manifest).
In the other Testament 2 words
- כָּסָה kâçâh · H3680 · to cover, to be covered, to cover oneself
- The standard Hebrew verb for covering or concealing; συγκαλύπτω (to conceal altogether) would naturally translate this Hebrew root in contexts emphasizing complete concealment.
- סָתַר çâthar · H5641 · to be hidden, to hide oneself
- A common Hebrew verb for hiding or concealing, particularly in contexts of secrecy or protection; semantically overlaps with συγκαλύπτω's sense of concealing completely.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To keep secret, to hide, to conceal28.81
- The verb describes something deliberately kept from view. Jesus teaches, “there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known” (Luke 12:2).
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ((cf. σύν, II. at the end)): perfect passive participle συγκεκαλυμμένος; from Homer down;…
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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