κρυβῆναι (krubenai) in Matthew 5:14: Verb Second Aorist Passive Infinitive

Verb: the form names an action, state, or verbal relationship in the clause.

Second Aorist: read the tense and aspect from this occurrence, with the sentence controlling the exact force.

Passive: voice should be read from the morphology label and clause context.

Infinitive: mood should serve the sentence rather than override it.

Person: not directly marked in this non-finite form.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Number: read number only where the morphology label marks it.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

Cannot

The negated ability verb in Matthew 5:14

Names what cannot happen to the city in the comparison.

Do not use the passive infinitive to claim that every form of witness is always equally visible.

Medium: hidden-city image

Passive hiddenness infinitive. completes the cannot-be-hidden statement. Attached to cannot. Governed by the negated ability verb in Matthew 5:14. Read with a city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

What is impossible in the city comparison? The city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Direct: The form supports be hidden.

This occurrence must be read within Matthew 5:14, not as a standalone word study.

The witness reads κρυβῆναι in Matthew 5:14.

The lemma means to hide or conceal, and the passive infinitive presents the city as the thing that cannot be concealed.

The infinitive depends on the ability verb and completes the comparison.

Jesus says the city on a hill cannot be hidden, reinforcing the visible nature of the light image.

The form keeps the comparison focused on visibility under Jesus teaching.

Use it to explain why the city image strengthens the public force of the light saying.

Do not make hiddenness a full doctrinal category from this infinitive alone.