ἘΠΙΚΡΥΠΤΟΜΕΝΟΣ, ἐπικρυπτομενος
EPIKRYPTOMENOS, epikryptomenos
Sounds Like: eh-pee-KROOP-toh-meh-noss
Translations: hiding, concealing, being hidden, being concealed, a hiding one, a concealing one
From the root: ἘΠΙΚΡΥΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present middle or passive participle, meaning 'hiding oneself' or 'being hidden/concealed'. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (upon, over) and the verb 'κρύπτω' (to hide, conceal). It describes an action of covering or keeping something out of sight, either actively by the subject (middle voice) or passively, indicating that the subject is being hidden by something else.
Inflection: Present, Middle or Passive, Participle, Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s number: G1943 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 7:184
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΚΡΥΠΤΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΙΚΡΥΠΤΕΣΘΑΙ — to hide, to conceal, to keep secret
- ἘΠΙΚΡΥΨΑΜΕΝΗ — having hidden, having concealed, having covered up
- ἘΠΙΚΡΥΨΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having hidden, having concealed, concealing, covering up
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