2990. lanthanó
Strong's Lexicon
lanthanó: To escape notice, to be hidden, to be unaware

Original Word: λανθάνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: lanthanó
Pronunciation: lan-than'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (lan-than'-o)
Definition: To escape notice, to be hidden, to be unaware
Meaning: I am hidden (concealed), lie hid, escape notice, sometimes with acc. of person from whom concealment takes place; I do so and so unconsciously, unknown to myself, I shut my eyes to so and so.

Word Origin: A primary verb

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent to "lanthanó," the concept of hiddenness or things being concealed can be found in Hebrew words like סָתַר (sathar), which means to hide or conceal.

Usage: The Greek verb "lanthanó" primarily means to be hidden or to escape notice. It conveys the idea of something being concealed or not being perceived by others. In the New Testament, it is often used in contexts where actions or events occur without the awareness of those involved.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of things being hidden or escaping notice was often associated with the limitations of human perception and understanding. The idea that certain truths or actions could remain concealed was a common theme in philosophical and religious thought, reflecting the belief that human knowledge is inherently limited.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from a prim. root lath-
Definition
to escape notice
NASB Translation
escape...notice (2), escape notice (1), escaped notice (1), escapes...notice (1), without knowing (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2990: λανθάνω

λανθάνω (lengthened form of λήθω); 2 aorist ἔλαθόν, (whence Latinlatere); the Sept. several times for נֶעְלַם, etc.; (from Homer down); to be hidden: Mark 7:24; Luke 8:47; τινα, to be hidden from one, Acts 26:26; 2 Peter 3:5 (on which see θέλω, 1 under the end), 8; accusative to the well-known classic usage, joined in a finite form to a participle equivalent to secretly, unawares, without knowing (cf. Matthiae, § 552 β.; Passow, under the word, ii., p. 18{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. 2); Winers Grammar, § 54, 4; (Buttmann, § 144, 14)): ἔλαθόν ξενίσαντες, have unawares entertained, Hebrews 13:2. (Compare: ἐκλανθάνω, ἐπιλανθάνω (λανθάνομαι).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
to escape notice

A prolonged form of a primary verb, which is used only as an alternate in certain tenses; to lie hid (literally or figuratively); often used adverbially, unwittingly -- be hid, be ignorant of, unawares.

Forms and Transliterations
έλαθε ελαθεν έλαθεν ἔλαθεν ελαθον έλαθον έλαθόν ἔλαθόν λαθειν λαθείν λαθεῖν λάθη λανθανει λανθάνει λανθανειν λανθάνειν λανθανετω λανθανέτω λαξευτηρίω λέληθε elathen élathen elathon élathón lanthanei lanthánei lanthanein lanthánein lanthaneto lanthanetō lanthanéto lanthanétō lathein latheîn
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Englishman's Concordance
Mark 7:24 V-ANA
GRK: οὐκ ἠδυνήθη λαθεῖν
NAS: He could not escape notice.
KJV: he could not be hid.
INT: not he could be hid

Luke 8:47 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ὅτι οὐκ ἔλαθεν τρέμουσα ἦλθεν
NAS: saw that she had not escaped notice, she came
KJV: she was not hid, she came trembling,
INT: that not she was hid trembling she came

Acts 26:26 V-PNA
GRK: παρρησιαζόμενος λαλῶ λανθάνειν γὰρ αὐτὸν
NAS: of these things escape his notice; for this
KJV: of these things are hidden from him;
INT: using boldness I speak hidden from indeed him

Hebrews 13:2 V-AIA-3P
GRK: ταύτης γὰρ ἔλαθόν τινες ξενίσαντες
NAS: angels without knowing it.
KJV: have entertained angels unawares.
INT: this indeed unawares some have entertained

2 Peter 3:5 V-PIA-3S
GRK: λανθάνει γὰρ αὐτοὺς
NAS: this, it escapes their notice that by the word
KJV: willingly are ignorant of, that
INT: is hidden from indeed them

2 Peter 3:8 V-PMA-3S
GRK: τοῦτο μὴ λανθανέτω ὑμᾶς ἀγαπητοί
NAS: one [fact] escape your notice, beloved,
KJV: be not ignorant of this one thing,
INT: thing not let be hidden from you beloved

Strong's Greek 2990
6 Occurrences


ἔλαθεν — 1 Occ.
ἔλαθόν — 1 Occ.
λανθάνει — 1 Occ.
λανθάνειν — 1 Occ.
λανθανέτω — 1 Occ.
λαθεῖν — 1 Occ.















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