Lexical Summary kryptē: a crypt Original Word: κρύπτηTransliteration: kryptē Phonetic Spelling: (kroop-tay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a crypt Meaning: a crypt Strong's Concordance a dark and hidden place, a cellarFeminine of kruptos; a hidden place, i.e. Cellar ("crypt") -- secret. see GREEK kruptos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2926: κρύπτηκρύπτη (so Relz G L T Tr K C) (but some prefer to write it κρύπτη (so WH, Meyer, Bleek, etc., Chandler § 183; cf. Tdf. on Luke as below)), κρυπτης, ἡ, a crypt, covered way, vault, cellar: εἰς κρύπτην, Luke 11:33 (Athen. 5 (4), 205 a. equivalent to κρυπτός περίπατος, p. 206; (Josephus, b. j. 5, 7, 4 at the end; Strabo 17, 1, 37); Sueton. Calig. 58; Juvenal 5, 106; Vitruv. 6, 8 (5); others). Cf. Meyer at the passage cited; Winer's Grammar, 238 (223). |
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