"secret, hidden" (akin to krupto, "to hide"), Eng., "crypt," "cryptic," etc., is used as an adjective and rendered "secret" in Luke 8:17 , AV (RV, "hid"); in the neuter, with en, "in," as an adverbial phrase, "in secret," with the article, Matthew 6:4,6 (twice in each ver.); without the article, John 7:4,10; 18:20; in the neuter plural, with the article, "the secrets (of men)," Romans 2:16; of the heart, 1—Corinthians 14:25; in Luke 11:33 , AV, "a secret place" (RV, "cellar"). See CELLAR , HIDDEN , INWARDLY.
(whence "Apocrypha"), "hidden," is translated "kept secret" in Mark 4:22 , AV (RV, "made secret"); "secret" in Luke 8:17 , RV (AV, "hid"). See HIDE , B, No. 2.
occurs in the best mss. in Matthew 6:18 (twice; some have No. 1).
akin to A, No. 1, "secretly, in secret," is used in Ephesians 5:12 .
akin to lanthano, "to escape notice, be hidden," is translated "secretly" in John 11:28 . See PRIVILY.
"to hide," is translated "secretly" in John 19:38 [perfect participle, Passive Voice, lit., "(but) having been hidden"], referring to Nicodemus as having been a "secret" disciple of Christ; in Matthew 13:35 , AV, it is translated "kept secret" (RV, "hidden").
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