"to cover, conceal, keep secret" (Eng., "crypt," "cryptic," etc.), is used (a) in its physical significance, e.g., Matthew 5:14; 13:44; 25:18 (some mss. have No. 2); (b) metaphorically, e.g., Matthew 11:25 (some mss. have No. 2 here); 13:35, RV, "(things) hidden;" AV, "(things) which have been kept secret;" Luke 18:34; 19:42; John 19:38 , "secretly." See SECRET.
"to conceal from, to keep secret" (apo, "from," and No. 1), is used metaphorically, in Luke 10:21 , of truths "hidden" from the wise and prudent and revealed to babes; 1 Corinthians 2:7 , of God's wisdom; Ephesians 3:9 , of the mystery of the unsearchable riches of Christ, revealed through the Gospel; Colossians 1:26 , of the mystery associated with the preceding.
"to hide in anything" (en, "in," and No. 1), is used in Matthew 13:33 , of leaven "hidden" in meal.
signifies "to hide by placing something around, to conceal entirely, to keep hidden" (peri, "around," used intensively, and No. 1), Luke 1:24 .
signifies "to cover, conceal," so that no trace of it can be seen (hence somewhat distinct from No. 1): it is not translated "to hide" in the RV; in 2 Corinthians 4:3 it is rendered "veiled," suitably continuing the subject of 3:13-18; in James 5:20 , "shall hide," AV (RV, "shall cover"). See COVER.
lit., "to cover with a veil," AV, "hid," in Luke 9:45 , "it was veiled from them;" see CONCEAL.
"to escape notice, to be hidden from," is rendered "(could not) be hid" in Mark 7:24 , of Christ; "was (not) hid," Luke 8:47 , of the woman with the issue of blood; "is hidden," Acts 26:26 , of the facts concerning Christ; the sentence might be rendered "none of these things has escaped the king's notice." See FORGET , UNAWARES.
akin to A, No.. 1, "hidden, secret," is translated "hid" in Matthew 10:26; Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17 , RV, for AV, "secret;" Luke 12:2 (last part); in 1 Corinthians 4:5 , "hidden (things of darkness);" 2 Corinthians 4:2 , "hidden (things of shame);" 1 Peter 3:4 , "hidden (man of the heart)." See INWARDLY , SECRET.
"hidden away from" (corresponding to A, No. 2; cp. Eng., "apocryphal"), is translated, "made (AV, kept) secret," in Mark 4:22; in Luke 8:17 , RV, "secret," for AV, "hid;" in Colossians 2:3 , RV, "hidden," AV, "hid." See SECRET.