UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: λανθάνω; aor.; ἔλαθον; λανθάνω; inf.; λαθεῖν

Sense 1: to escape notice, to remain hidden

Semantic entry: 28.83

Semantic domains: Know

Subdomains: Not Able To Be Known, Secret

Definition: to cause oneself to not be known, with the implication of concealment and secrecy

Notes: In some languages this expression in RV MRK 7:24 · LV MRK 7:24 · Read together MRK 7:24 may be rendered as ‘he was not able to keep people from knowing where he was’ or ‘he was not able to keep secret where he was.’

MRK 7:24: RV MRK 7:24 · LV MRK 7:24 · Read together MRK 7:24

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OET-RV MRK 7:24

24 Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) left that place and went up north into the regions of Tsor (Tyre) and Tsidon (Sidon). He tried to enter a house without being noticed but didn’t succeed,

OET-LV MRK 7:24

24 And from _there having _risen _up, he _went _away into the regions of _Turos/(Tsor) and Sidōn/(Tsīdōn).
And having _come _in into the_house, he _was _wanting no _one to _know, but was_ not _able to _escape _notice.

LUK 8:47: RV LUK 8:47 · LV LUK 8:47 · Read together LUK 8:47

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OET-RV LUK 8:47

47 When the woman now saw that she wouldn’t get away with it, she came to Yeshua shaking, and knelt down at his feet. She told him in front of all the people why she’d touched his clothes and how she’d been immediately healed.

OET-LV LUK 8:47

47 And the woman having _seen that she_ not _escaped _notice, came trembling and having _fallen _before to _him, she _reported before all for that cause she _touched against _him, the people, and how she _was _healed immediately.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 7:24 · LV MRK 7:24 · Read together MRK 7:24

LUK: RV LUK 8:47 · LV LUK 8:47 · Read together LUK 8:47

ACT: RV ACT 26:26 · LV ACT 26:26 · Read together ACT 26:26

Sense 2: to forget, to not remember, to lose sight of, to ignore

Semantic entry: 29.13

Semantic domains: Memory and Recall

Subdomains: Not Remembering, Forgetting

Definition: to not recall information and thus to lose sight of its significance

Notes: In a number of languages the fact of ‘forgetting’ or ‘not remembering’ is expressed idiomatically, for example, ‘to lose out of one’s heart,’ ‘to have one’s thoughts walk away,’ or ‘to have words disappear from one’s liver.’

PE2 3:5: RV PE2 3:5 · LV PE2 3:5 · Read together PE2 3:5

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OET-RV PE2 3:5

5 But because of their desires, the truth is hidden from them that the universe came into being long ago by God’s spoken command and the earth was formed out of water and through water

OET-LV PE2 3:5

5 For/Because this is _escaping _notice them willing, that the_heavens were anciently, and the_earth having _consisted out _of water and through water by _the message of_ the _god,

PE2 3:8: RV PE2 3:8 · LV PE2 3:8 · Read together PE2 3:8

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OET-RV PE2 3:8

8 But don’t let this one thing escape your attention my dear friends, that one day for us is like a thousand years with the master, and a thousand years is like one day.

OET-LV PE2 3:8

8 But let_ this _be _escaping _notice one not you _all, beloved, that one day with the_master is like a_thousand years and a_thousand, years are like one day.

Sense 3: to be unaware of, to not know

Semantic entry: 28.14

Semantic domains: Know

Subdomains: Know

Definition: to not have knowledge about or to be unaware of something, with the implication that something can readily escape notice or be hidden

HEB 13:2: RV HEB 13:2 · LV HEB 13:2 · Read together HEB 13:2

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OET-RV HEB 13:2

2 Don’t be lax in showing hospitality to others, because some people who’ve been hospitable have actually hosted God’s messengers without even realising.

OET-LV HEB 13:2

2 The of _hospitality not be _forgetting, through for this, escaped _notice some having _lodged messengers.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

λανθάνω

Form 1

Sense 1: to escape notice, to remain hidden

Sense 2: to forget, to not remember, to lose sight of, to ignore

Sense 3: to be unaware of, to not know