adjective
kruptos
Strong’sG2927
hidden, secret
stem krupt-17 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Hidden, secret — describing what is concealed from view or knowledge, whether a thing, a place, or a matter kept private. 1234 The word covers things concealed physically, such as something hidden away or covered up 13, matters kept secret or done in private 12, and the inward, hidden nature of a person's heart or character 12.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
κρυπτός, -ή, -όν
(κρύπτω), [in LXX for אטם, מִסְתָּר, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2927 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkroop-tos'
concealed, i.e. private
Fromfrom G2928;
King Jameshid(-den), inward(-ly), secret.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
hidden, secret, Refs 8th c.BC+; κ. τάφρος a trench covered and concealed by planks and earth, Refs 5th c.BC+ (Lyric poetry); κρυπτᾷ ἐν ἥβᾳ, of young Orestes who was concealed in Phocis, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῆς πολιτείας τὸ κ. the secret character of the [Spartan] institutions, Refs 5th c.BC+ secret service, used by the Athenians in the subjectstates, Refs 4th c.AD+; of persons, in disguise, Refs 5th c.BC+: in Medicine texts, deep-seated, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kruptos1×κρυπτὸς | kruptas | kruptem4×κρυπτὸν | kruptois | kruptais | krupteim4×κρυπτὰ |
| object accusative | krupton | kruptan | kruptoin | kruptain | ||
| direct address vocative | kruptor | kruptar | kruptoir | kruptair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | kruptou | kruptau | krupteu | kruptoiu | kruptaiu | krupteiu |
| to, for dative | krupto | krupta | krupte8×κρυπτῷ | kruptoi | kruptai | kruptei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
krupt is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
17 occurrences, every one of them listed
kruptos“hidden”subjectnominative singular1×
1 Peter 3:4“hidden”alla tos kruptos tau kardiau anthrōpos en to aftharto …but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty …
kruptem“hidden”subject or objectdirect singular4×
Matthew 10:26… atō kaluptorēntem hem ouk apokaluptiti, kai kruptem hem ouk gnōskiti.… will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
Mark 4:22ouk gar atō kruptem ean mē hina faneriteia, oude geneta …For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and …
Luke 8:17ouk gar atō kruptem hem ouk fanerem geneti, oude apokrufem …For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and …
Luke 12:2… sunkaluptorēntem atō hem ouk apokaluptiti, kai kruptem hem ouk gnōskiti.… will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
krupte“secret”to, fordative singular8×
Matthew 6:4… ateiō su tas eleēmosunas en te krupte; kai tos patros su tos bleparōntos …… that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what …
Matthew 6:4… patros su tos bleparōntos en te krupte apodōati si.… who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:6“secret”… to patro su to en te krupte; kai tos patros su tos bleparōntos …… go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is …
Matthew 6:6… patros su tos bleparōntos en te krupte apodōati si.… who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
John 7:4oudenos gar tinem en krupte poiatō kai zētatō autos en parrēsia …… to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things …
John 7:10… anabainata, ouk fanerōs alla hōs en krupte.… also went — not publicly, but in secret.
John 18:20… pantois tois Ioudaiois sunercholō, kai en krupte lalama oudenem;… come together. I said nothing in secret.
Romans 2:29alla tos en te krupte Ioudaios, kai peritomas kardiau en pneume …… a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of …
krupteim“hidden”subject or objectdirect plural4×
Romans 2:16… hēmera hote krinatō tos theos teim krupteim toiu anthrōpoiu kata tem euangeliem mu …… day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by …
1 Corinthians 4:5… tos kurios, hos kai fōtizati teim krupteim teu skoteu kai fanerati tain boulain …… will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the …
2 Corinthians 4:2“hidden”alla apeiponena teim krupteim tau aischunau, mē peripatarōntois en panourgia …… we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight …
1 Corinthians 14:25teim krupteim tau kardiau autou fanereim genotō, kai …and the secrets of his heart will be made …