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hid ´' n : The translation of ṭāman , "to hide," "to bury" ( Job 3:16 ); of cāphan "to conceal," "store up" (Job 15:20 , "The number of years is hidden to the oppressor," the Revised Version (British and American) "even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor," margin "and years that are numbered are laid up"; Job 24:1 , "Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty," the Revised Version (British and American) "Why are times not laid up by the Almighty?" margin as the King James Version with "Why is it?" prefixed; Psalm 83:3 , "They consulted (the Revised Version (British and American) "consult") against thy hidden ones"); of macpūnı̄m (from cāphan ), "hidden things or places" (Obadiah 1:6 , "How are his hidden things sought up!" the Revised Version (British and American) "treasures," the American Standard Revised Version "sought out"); of pālā' , "to be wonderful," "difficult" (Deuteronomy 30:11 , "This commandment ... is not hidden from thee," the Revised Version (British and American) "too hard for thee," margin "or wonderful"); of ḥāphas , Hithpael, "to hide one's self" (Proverbs 28:12 , the Revised Version (British and American) "When the wicked rise, men hide themselves," margin (Hebrew) "must be searched for"); of kruptós , "hidden," "secret" (1 Peter 3:4 , "the hidden man of the heart"; 1 Corinthians 4:5 , krupton , "the hidden things of darkness"; 2 Corinthians 4:2 , "the hidden things of dishonesty," the Revised Version (British and American) "of shame"); of apokrúptō , "to hide away," trop., not to reveal or make known (1 Corinthians 2:7 , "But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden"; compare Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:26 ).
Among the occurrences of "hidden" in Apocrypha we have (2 Esdras 16:62), "The Spirit of Almighty God ... searcheth out all hidden things in the secrets of the earth," the Revised Version (British and American) "He who made all things and searcheth out hidden things in hidden places"; Sirach 42:19 , "revealing the steps (the Revised Version (British and American) "traces") of hidden things," apókruphos ; 42:20, "Neither any word is hidden from him," the Revised Version (British and American) "hid," εκρυβε , ekrube .
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Hidden'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/h/hidden.html. 1915.
