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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2977 - λάθρα

Transliteration

láthra

Phonetics

lath'-rah

Origin

from (G2990)

Parts of Speech

adverb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

secretly

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4565 ‑ מִסְתָּר (mis‑tawr'); 5643 ‑ סִתְרָה (say'‑ther, sith‑raw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Matthew 2

John 1

Acts 1

BSB (4)

Matthew 2

John 1

Acts 1

CSB (4)

Matthew 2

John 1

Acts 1

ESV (4)

Matthew 2

John 1

Acts 1

KJV (4)

Matthew 2

John 1

Acts 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

Matthew 2

John 1

Acts 1

N95 (4)

Matthew 2

John 1

Acts 1

NAS (4)

Matthew 2

John 1

Acts 1

NLT (4)

Matthew 2

John 2

Acts 1

WEB (4)

Matthew 2

John 1

Acts 1

YLT (4)

Matthew 2

John 1

Acts 1

ASV (4)

privily 3

secretly 1

BSB (4)

aside 1

quietly 1

secretly 2

CSB (4)

private 1

secretly 3

ESV (4)

private 1

quietly 1

secretly 2

KJV (4)

privily 3

secretly 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

secretly 4

N95 (4)

secretly 4

NAS (4)

secretly 4

NLT (4)

from 1

private 1

quietly 1

secretly 1

WEB (4)

secretly 4

YLT (4)

privately 4

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

ADV 4

ANT

ADV 4

BEZ

ADV 4

BGB

ADV 4

BMT

ADV 4

BYZ

ADV 4

ELZ

ADV 4

NA26

D 4

SBL

ADV 4

SCV

ADV 4

STV

ADV 4

TIS

ADV 4

TRG

ADV 4

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

λάθρα· αἱ δίκαι

(Elean), Hsch. λάθρα, λάθρᾳ, v. cross λάθρῃ.

λάθρῃ [ ᾱ ],

Att. λάθρᾳ,

1. Adv., (λανθάνω) secretly, by stealth, ὁ δέ οἱ παρελέξατο λάθρῃ Il. 2.515; ἀνήρ, ὃς ἐμίσγετο λάθρῃ Od. 15.430; λάθρῃ κτείναντες treacherously, 17.80; ἀλλά τε λάθρῃ γυῖα βαρύνεται imperceptibly, Il. 19.165: in Trag. and Att., S. Aj. 1137, OT 386, Ar. Ra. 746, Th. 4.39, Pl. R. 347b, etc.

2. c. gen., λάθρῃ τινός unknown to one, λάθρῃ Λαομέδοντος Il. 5.269; λάθρῃ τῶν ἄλλων στρατηγῶν Hdt. 8.112, cf. 9.90, S. OT 787, OC 354, Ar. V. 347, X. An. 1.3.8. — Freq. written λάθρα, λάθρη in codd. and Pap., but λάθραι (i.e. λάθρᾳ) in UPZ 19.28 (ii B. C.) and in some of the best codd., as the Laurentian of Sophocles, also in POxy. 16 of Th. l. c. (i A. D.): —

other forms are

λάθρᾰ, h.Cer.240, E.Fr.1132.28;

λαθρηδόν, AP7.202 (Anyt.);

λαθρηδά, Luc.Cal.21;

λαθρηδίς, Hdn.Gr.1.512 (-δως (sic), Cyr.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

λάθρᾳ (so R G T Tr) (in Homer λάθρῃ, from λανθάνω, λαθεῖν), and L (WH K C (see the latter's Praef., p. 12: and under the word εἰκῇ)) λάθρᾳ (from λαθρος, λάθρᾳ, λαθρον, cf. Passow (especially Liddell and Scott), under the word; Winers Grammar, 47; Buttmann, 69 (61)), adverb secretly: Matthew 1:19; Matthew 2:7; John 11:28; Acts 16:37. (From Homer down; the Sept..)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

λάθρᾳ

(Att..; in Hom., -ρῃ , Rec. -ρα ),

adv.,

[in LXX chiefly for ‎H5643;]

secretly: Matthew 1:19; Matthew 2:7, Mark 5:33 (WH, mg.), John 11:28, Acts 16:37.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

λάθρα, which Moulton (Gr. ii. p. 84) prefers to write instead of λάθρᾳ, occurs in P Par 22.28 (B.C. 165) τοῦτον (sc. λίνον) λάθρα κομισάμενος : cf. BGU IV. 1141.48 (B.C. 14). See also Boisacq (p. 549) who treats the form as an instrumental singular.

List of Word Forms

λαθρα λάθρα λάθρᾳ λαθραίως λάθριος lathra láthrāi