kruvptw kruvptw: 1 aorist e[kruya; passive, perfect 3 person singular kevkruptai, participle kekrummevno"; 2 aorist ejkruvbhn (so also in the Septuagint, for the earlier ejkrufhn, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p. 377; Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 212; (Veitch, under the word)); (cf. kaluvptw; from Homer down); the Septuagint for ayBij]h,, ryTis]hi, @p'x;, @m'f;, djeKi, hS;Ki; to hide, conceal; a. properly: tiv, and L T Tr WH in ; passive, ; ; krubh'nai equivalent to to be hid, escape notice, ; ; ejkruvbh (quietly withdrew (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 38, 2 a.)) ejkruvbh kaiv ejxh'lqen, i. e. departed secretly, (cf. Winer's Grammar, 469 (437)); kruvptw tiv ejn with the dative of place, ; passive ; kevkruptai ... ejn tw'/ Qew'/, is kept laid up with God in heaven, ; tiv eij" tiv, (R G L ejnevkruyen); eJautovn eij" with the accusative of place, ; tina ajpov proswvpou tivno" to cover (and remove (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 30, 6 b.; 66, 2 d.)) from the view of anyone, i. e. to take away, rescue, from the sight, ; ejkruvbh ajp! aujtw'n, withdrew from them, (in Greek authors generally kruvptein tina tiv; cf. ajpokruvptw, b.). b. metaphorically, to conceal (that it may not become known): kekrummevno", clandestine, ; tiv ajpov tivno" (the genitive of person), L T Tr WH; (); kekrummevna things hidden i. e. unknown, used of God's saving counsels, ; ajp! ojfqalmw'n tivno", (cf. Buttmann, sec. 146, 1 at the end Compare: ajpokruvptw, ejnkruvptw, perikruvptw.)*