adverb
lathra
Greekλάθρᾳ (lathra)
Strong’sG2977
secretly
stem lathr-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
λάθρᾳ (Att.; in Hom., -ρῃ, Rec. -ρα),
adv.,[in LXX chiefly for בַּסֵּתֶר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2977 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlath'-rah
privately
Fromadverb from G2990;
King Jamesprivily, secretly.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
lathra4×
Matthew 1:19“secretly”Iōsēf de tos anēros autau, dikaios arōtos kai mē thelarōtos autan deigmatizara, boulita lathra apoluara autan.Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
Matthew 2:7“secretly”Tote Hērōdos lathra kalaratos toin magoin akribata para autoiu ton chronon tou fainerōtou astērou,Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
John 11:28“privately”Kai houtem legaratas aperchata kai fōnata Mariam tan adelfan autau lathra legaratas; Tos didaskalos pareiatō kai fōnatō sin.After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
Acts 16:37“secretly”tos de Paulos fēate pros autoin; Deraratois nin dēmosia akatakritoin, anthrōpoin Rōmaioin huparcharōtoin, ballala eis fulakan; kai nun lathra nin ekballalō? ouk gar, alla ercharatois autois nin exagalar.But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”