apokalyptō · reveal

What it means

apokalyptō (ἀποκαλύπτω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “reveal”.

Uncover what was hidden.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To make known what was hidden, above all God.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• revealed ×20
• reveal ×3
• reveal him ×2
• be uncovered ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Luke×5
• John×1
• Romans×3
• 1 Corinthians×3
• Galatians×2
• Ephesians×1
• Philippians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×3
• 1 Peter×3

• Matthew 10:26

  So do not be afraid of them; for nothing is covered that will not be uncovered, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

• Matthew 11:25

  At that time Jesus responded and said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you hid these things from the wise and the intelligent and revealed them to little children.

• Matthew 11:27

  All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, nor does anyone know the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

• Matthew 16:17

  And Jesus answered and said to him, “Happy are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

• Luke 2:35

  —and a sword will pierce your own soul too —so that the thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

• Luke 10:21

  In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing before you.

• Luke 10:22

  All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and the one to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”

• Luke 12:2

  But nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

• Luke 17:30

  It will be the same way on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

• John 12:38

  so that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: “Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

• Romans 1:17

  For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.

• Romans 1:18

  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by unrighteousness,

• Romans 8:18

  For I consider that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.

• 1 Corinthians 2:10

  For to us God revealed it through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

• 1 Corinthians 3:13

  each one’s work will become evident; for the Day will make it clear, because it is revealed by fire, and the fire itself will test what sort of work each one’s is.

• 1 Corinthians 14:30

  But if something is revealed to another who is seated, let the first be silent.

• Galatians 1:16

  to reveal his Son in me, so that I might proclaim the good news of him among the nations, at once I did not consult with flesh and blood,

• Galatians 3:23

  But before faith came, we were held in custody under the law, confined until the faith that was about to be revealed.

• Ephesians 3:5

  which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit:

• Philippians 3:15

  So as many as are mature, let us think this way; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.

• 2 Thessalonians 2:3

  Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

• 2 Thessalonians 2:6

  And now you know what restrains him, so that he may be revealed in his own time.

• 2 Thessalonians 2:8

  And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the radiance of his coming,

• 1 Peter 1:5

  who are being guarded by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

• 1 Peter 1:12

  To them it was revealed that not for themselves but for you they were serving these things which have now been announced to you through those who proclaimed the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look intently.

• 1 Peter 5:1

  So I exhort the elders among you, I the fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of the Messiah, and sharer in the glory that is about to be revealed: