λανθάνω

lanthanō · escape notice

Greek word · Strong’s number G2990 · appears 6 times in the Bible

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What it means

lanthanō (λανθάνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “escape notice”.

Go unnoticed, remain hidden.

How to say it

lan·tha·nō

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. Go unnoticed, stay concealed; deliberately disregard.

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

How it is translated

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

  • escape notice ×1
  • escaped notice ×1
  • escapes ×1
  • let escape ×1
  • overlook ×1
  • without knowing it ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Mark 7:24

    And getting up from there, he went away into the region of Tyre. And he entered into a house and wanted no one to know it, and he could not escape notice.

  • Luke 8:47

    And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared in the presence of all the people for what reason she had touched him, and how she had been healed immediately.

  • Acts 26:26

    For the king knows about these things, to whom I also speak boldly; for I am not persuaded that any of these things escapes his notice, for this has not been done in a corner.

  • Hebrews 13:2

    Do not forget hospitality, for through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.

  • 2 Peter 3:5

    For they deliberately overlook this, that heavens existed long ago and an earth formed out of water and through water by the word of God,

  • 2 Peter 3:8

    But do not let this one thing escape you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.