What does κρυφῆ (kryphē) mean in the Bible?
κρυφῆ (kryphē) is a Greek word meaning "privately".
Greek · G2931
κρυφῆ
Privately
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κρυφῆ G2931
Pronunciation kryphē
What does κρυφῆ (kryphē) mean in the Bible?
κρυφῆ (kryphē) is a Greek word meaning "privately".
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How does the BSB render G2931?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include in secret (1).
Where does κρυφῆ (kryphē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 5:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It in secret 1× Ephesians 5:12
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First aligned row Ephesians 5:12
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Ephesians 1
Source forms
κρυφῇ 1x kryphē Ephesians 5:12
Parsing patterns
Adverb 1x Ephesians 5:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. privately
Source Gloss
privately
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 5:12 Adverb
κρυφῆ krufh
in secret, secretly
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Word Origins
κρυφῆ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain