kryptos · hidden, secret

What it means

kryptos (κρυπτός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “hidden, secret”.

"in secret", where no one sees.

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. What no one sees.

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

How it is translated

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

• secret ×9
• hidden ×7
• secrets ×2
• inwardly ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×7
• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• John×3
• Romans×2
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 6:4

  so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

• Matthew 6:6

  But you, when you pray, go into your inner room and, having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

• Matthew 6:18

  so that you may not appear to people as fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

• 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.

• Mark 4:22

  For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed, nor has anything been secret but that it might come into the open.

• Luke 8:17

  For there is nothing hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will never be known and come into the open.

• Luke 12:2

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

• John 7:4

  For no one does anything in secret and himself seeks to be in public. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.”

• John 7:10

  But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly but as it were in secret.

• John 18:20

  Jesus answered him, “I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in a synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews come together, and I have said nothing in secret.

• Romans 2:16

  on the day when God judges the secrets of people, according to my good news, through the Messiah Jesus.

• Romans 2:29

  but the one who is one inwardly is a Jew, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose praise is not from people but from God.

• 1 Corinthians 4:5

  So do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord comes, who will also bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make known the intentions of the hearts; and then the praise will come to each one from God.

• 1 Corinthians 14:25

  the secrets of his heart become evident, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God, declaring that God is really among you.

• 2 Corinthians 4:2

  But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in cunning nor falsifying the word of God, but by the open display of the truth commending ourselves to every person’s conscience before God.

• 1 Peter 3:4

  but the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

And 3 more times.