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It conveys the idea of doing something without being seen or noticed, often implying a sense of stealth or concealment.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, secrecy could be associated with both positive and negative connotations. On one hand, it could imply discretion and wisdom, especially in matters requiring privacy. On the other hand, it could suggest deceit or underhandedness. In the context of the New Testament, "lathra" often highlights the contrast between human actions and divine omniscience, emphasizing that nothing is hidden from God.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2990.htm">lanthanó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>secretly<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>secretly (4).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2977: λάθρᾳ</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">λάθρᾳ</span></span> (so <span class="manuref">R</span> <span class="manuref">G</span> <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span>) (in <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> <span class="greek2">λάθρῃ</span>, from <span class="greek2">λανθάνω</span>, <span class="greek2">λαθεῖν</span>), and <span class="manuref">L</span> (<span class="manuref">WH</span> K C (see the latter's Praef., p. 12: and under the word <span class="greek2">εἰκῇ</span>)) <span class="greek2">λάθρᾳ</span> (from <span class="greek2">λαθρος</span>, <span class="greek2">λάθρᾳ</span>, <span class="greek2">λαθρον</span>, cf. <span class="abbreviation">Passow</span> (especially Liddell and Scott), under the word; <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 47; <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 69 (61)), adverb <span class="accented">secretly</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-19.htm">Matthew 1:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/2-7.htm">Matthew 2:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/11-28.htm">John 11:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/16-37.htm">Acts 16:37</a>. (From <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>privily, secretly. <p>Adverb from <a href="/greek/2990.htm">lanthano</a>; privately -- privily, secretly. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2990.htm">lanthano</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>λαθρα λάθρα λάθρᾳ λαθραίως λάθριος lathra láthrāi<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/1-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 1:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adverb">Adv</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δειγματίσαι ἐβουλήθη <b>λάθρᾳ</b> ἀπολῦσαι αὐτήν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to send her away <span class="itali">secretly.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> her away <span class="itali">privily.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to expose publicly purposed <span class="itali">secretly</span> to send away her<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/2-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 2:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adverb">Adv</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Τότε Ἡρῴδης <b>λάθρᾳ</b> καλέσας τοὺς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Then Herod <span class="itali">secretly</span> called the magi<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Herod, <span class="itali">when he had privily</span> called<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/2-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Then Herod <span class="itali">secretly</span> having called the<p><b><a href="/text/john/11-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 11:28</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adverb">Adv</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀδελφὴν αὐτῆς <b>λάθρᾳ</b> εἰποῦσα Ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> saying <span class="itali">secretly,</span> The Teacher<br><a href="/kjvs/john/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> sister <span class="itali">secretly,</span> saying,<br><a href="/interlinear/john/11-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> sister of her <span class="itali">secretly</span> having said The<p><b><a href="/text/acts/16-37.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 16:37</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adverb">Adv</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ νῦν <b>λάθρᾳ</b> ἡμᾶς ἐκβάλλουσιν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> are they sending us away <span class="itali">secretly?</span> No<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> us out <span class="itali">privily?</span> nay verily;<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/16-37.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and now <span class="itali">secretly</span> us do they thrust out<p><b><a href="/greek/2977.htm">Strong's Greek 2977</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2977.htm">4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/lathra_2977.htm">λάθρᾳ — 4 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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