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G2926 κρύπτη (krýptē)
Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

a cellar, vault

Strong's Definition

a hidden place, i.e. cellar ("crypt")

Derivation: feminine of G2927 (κρυπτός);

KJV Usage: secret

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κρύπτη (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, Luk_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).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

not given

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† κρύπτη ( WH , R ; κρυπτή , LT , Tr .; -όν , Rec. ), -ης , ἡ , a crypt, cellar: Luk_11:33 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κρύπτη /κρυπτή [page 361] κρύπτη (κρυπτή ) in the sense of vault, cellar, as in Luk_11:33 (RV), occurs in PSI V. 547 .18 (iii/B.C.), where in a list of parts of a building (doors, windows etc.) we read of τὴν κρύπτην ὁμοίαν τῶι κονιάματι , the cellar similarly plastered : cf. γρύτης , perhaps a vulgar Egyptian form of κρύπτης , in ib. 546 .3 (iii/B.C.), where see the editor s note.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

κρύπτη (WH, R; κρυπτή, LT, Tr.; -όν, Rec.), -ης, ἡ, a crypt, cellar: Luk.11:33.† (AS)

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