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Κρυπτός describes what is hidden, secret, inward, or not open to ordinary sight. Jesus uses it for generosity practiced before the Father rather than for human recognition, and His parables insist that what is concealed will finally be disclosed.
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Κρυπτός describes what is hidden, secret, inward, or not open to ordinary sight. Jesus uses it for generosity practiced before the Father rather than for human recognition, and His parables insist that what is concealed will finally be disclosed.
The BSB source-word alignment has 19 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hidden (5), secret (5), in secret (3), secrets (2), unseen (2).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (7), John (3), 1 Corinthians (2), Luke (2).
Κρυπτός describes what is hidden, secret, inward, or not open to ordinary sight. Jesus uses it for generosity practiced before the Father rather than for human recognition, and His parables insist that what is concealed will finally be disclosed. His brothers use the same language when urging Him to abandon hidden action for public display, but their counsel misunderstands His appointed hour.
Paul speaks of the secrets God will judge through Christ and of the inward reality that makes someone truly one of God's covenant people. The adjective itself does not declare hiddenness good or evil. The passage decides whether secrecy protects sincere devotion, conceals sin, marks limited knowledge, or awaits God's revelation.
Κρυπτός names what lies outside public view, from quiet obedience known to the Father to inward realities that Christ will expose. Scripture neither romanticizes secrecy nor treats all hiddenness as hypocrisy.
So that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Secret giving seeks the Father's sight rather than an audience's applause; concealment here protects sincerity, not wrongdoing.
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.
Jesus' lamp saying promises disclosure, urging hearers to receive revealed truth responsibly rather than assuming concealment will last forever.
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.
Luke joins hiddenness to eventual knowledge, so attentive hearing matters because God's truth is meant to bear visible fruit.
For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”
Jesus' brothers equate public display with credibility, yet the Gospel shows that His actions follow the Father's time rather than pressure for publicity.
On the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
Paul locates final judgment in Christ, who exposes inward secrets and judges with a knowledge no human tribunal possesses.
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Greek word. Hidden from human perception or knowledge, particularly interior thoughts and motives known only to God.
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
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How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
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κρυπτός is built from this root:
Indicates eventual disclosure of truth.Luke 8:16–18
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The hidden life can be the place of either integrity or deception. In Matthew 6, quiet giving refuses to make the needy into scenery for a giver's reputation; the Father sees and values what crowds do not. In Mark and Luke, however, hiddenness is temporary because God's revealed truth presses toward manifestation. John 7 warns against making publicity the test of Jesus' legitimacy, while Romans 2 warns that private motives and acts remain open before Christ.
These uses converge on God's perfect sight. Faithful disciples do not need constant recognition, but neither may they shelter cherished sin behind privacy. The church should cultivate unseen obedience, patient trust in God's timing, and honest repentance before the Judge who knows the heart.
Matt.6.4
Κρυπτός is an adjective related to the verb for hiding. It can function substantivally for a secret thing or inward reality. The contrast with visible or manifest language often supplies its force.
Israel's Scriptures repeatedly confess that the Lord sees secret sin and quiet faithfulness. Jesus draws that divine sight into discipleship, and the apostles place final disclosure in His judgment.