ἀπόκρῠφος, ον,
I
1. hidden, concealed, E. HF 1070 (lyr.); ἐν ἀποκρύφφ in secret, Hdt. 2.35; ἀ. θησαυροί hidden, stored up, [Col 2:3]; underhand, μηδὲν ἀ. πεποιῆσθαι Vit.Philonid. p.2C.
2. c. gen., ἀπόκρυφον πατρός unknown to him, X. Smp. 8.11.
II obscure, recondite, hard to understand, Id. Mem. 3.5.14; γράμματα Call. Fr. 242; ἀ. σύμβολαδέλτων, of hieroglyphics, Hymn.[Isa 10:1-34]; στήλη PMag.Par. 1.1115; [ βίβλος ] PMag.Leid.W. 25.14; -κρύφων μύσται Vett.Val. 7.30; ἀ. αἰτία Procl. in Ti. 1.53D., cf. eund. in Prm. p.549 S.
III Adv. -φως secretly, Aq. [Hab 3:14], Vett.Val. 301.5.
G614 — ἀπόκρυφος
ἀπόκρυφον (ἀποκρύπτω), hidden, secreted: [Mar 4:22]; [Luk 8:17]. stored up: [Col 2:3]. ([Dan 11:43] (Theod.); [Isa 45:3]; [Isa 45:1] Macc. 1:23; Xenophon, Euripides; (cf. Lightfoot on the word, Colossians, the passage cited and Ignatius i. 351f).)
ἀπόκρυφος , - ον
( < ἀποκρύπτω ),
[in LXX Chiefly for H5643;]
hidden: [Mar 4:22], [Luk 8:17], [Col 2:3] ( v. Lft ., in l ; MM , s.v. ). †