Greek · G1438, G2927 · unreviewed

ἑαυτὸν ἐλέγξει / κρυπτὰ

Themself · hidden

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ἑαυτοῦ G1438 themself

Pronunciation heautoû

Reflexive pronoun emphasizing the subject's action upon itself; also used reciprocally for "one another

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κρυπτός G2927 hidden

Pronunciation kryptós

Hidden from human perception or knowledge, particularly interior thoughts and motives known only to God.

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What does ἑαυτὸν ἐλέγξει / κρυπτὰ (heauton elegxei / krypta) mean in the Bible?

ἑαυτοῦ · κρυπτός is a Greek word meaning "secrets".

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Meaning

secrets

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 2:3 · Luke 11:21 · Luke 13:19 · Luke 14:26 · Luke 14:27 · Luke 14:33 · Luke 15:20 · Luke 16:5 · Luke 19:13 · Luke 24:27 · John 5:19 · John 7:18 · John 9:21 · John 11:51 · John 16:13 · Acts 8:34 43×

Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 8:22 · Matt 15:30 · Matt 18:31 · Matt 21:8 · Matt 26:11 · Mark 8:14 · Mark 9:8 · Mark 14:7 · Luke 2:39 · Luke 9:60 · Luke 12:36 · Luke 12:57 · Luke 16:4 · Luke 16:8 · Luke 19:36 · Luke 21:30 36×

Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 6:34 · Matt 12:25 · Luke 13:34 · 1 Cor 13:5 · 1 Thess 2:7 6×

Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 12:45 · Luke 11:26 · John 15:4 · Rom 14:14 · Eph 4:16 6×

Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 25:1 · Matt 25:3 · Matt 25:4 · Matt 25:7 · Rev 10:3 5×

Genitive · Plural · Neuter Jude 1:13 1×

Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 3:9 · Matt 9:3 · Matt 14:15 · Matt 16:7 · Matt 16:8 · Matt 21:25 · Matt 21:38 · Matt 23:31 · Mark 2:8 · Mark 4:17 · Mark 6:36 · Mark 6:51 · Mark 9:50 · Luke 3:8 · Luke 7:49 · Luke 12:1 50×

Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:21 · Mark 5:30 · Luke 7:39 · Luke 9:47 · Luke 12:17 · Luke 12:21 · Luke 16:3 · Luke 18:4 · Luke 19:12 · John 5:26 · John 6:61 · John 11:38 · John 13:32 · John 19:17 · Acts 10:17 · Acts 12:11 32×

Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 9:21 · Acts 7:21 2×

Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 25:9 1×

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 14 — Pursue Love, Desire Gifts, and Let All Things Be Done for Edification and Order Ephesians 5 — Walking in Love, Light, Wisdom, and Spirit-Filled Order John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Luke 9 — The Christ Revealed, the Cross Announced, and the Jerusalem Road Begun Mark 4 — The Mystery of the Kingdom: Hearing, Fruitfulness, and the Lord over the Storm Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 6 — Hidden Righteousness, the Father’s Reward, and Seeking First the Kingdom Philippians 2 — The Mind of Christ and the Humility of Gospel Witness Romans 11 — The Remnant, the Grafted Gentiles, and the Mercy of God Toward Israel Romans 12 — Living Sacrifices, Renewed Minds, Humble Service, and Love Without Hypocrisy Romans 2 — God’s Righteous Judgment and the Exposure of Religious Presumption

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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