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Concealed

ἀπόκρυφοςStrong’s G0614

apokruphos

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Apokruphos is the Greek word usually translated “secret thing”, “secret” and “hidden”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.”
Mark 4:22 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “secret thing”, “secret” and “hidden”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • a secret thing 1
  • secret 1
  • hidden 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Mark 1
  • Luke 1
  • Colossians 1

3 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀπόκρυφος apokruphos · concealed

ἀπόκρυφος, -ον (ἀποκρύπτω), [in LXX Chiefly for סֵתֶר ;] hidden: Mrk.4:22, Luk.8:17, Col.2:3 (see Lft., in l; MM, see word).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “concealed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CONCEALED, participle passive

Kept close or secret; hid; withdrawn from sight; covered.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.