Bible Dictionary
CONCEAL
To conceal is to cover or withhold something from view or understanding. Concealment may involve prudent reserve rather than falsehood, and Scripture recognizes that God reveals some things while withholding others.
Definition
To conceal is to cover or hide something from view or understanding. Concealment may involve reserve and gradual disclosure rather than an outright suppression of truth.
Biblical Usage
The New Testament uses the word of facts concealed from understanding. Scripture also recognizes that God withholds more than He reveals and that some things remain hidden.
Historical Background
The underlying image is of placing something in front of an object so that it is hidden.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>kon-sel' (parakalupto): Found but once in the New Testament (Lu 9:45). The primary meaning is to cover by hanging something in front of the object hidden. The purpose of the one concealing is made prominent. There is, therefore, a reserve and studied progress in regard to the statement of facts, that is not always a suppression of truth (Pr 12:16,23). God withholds more than He reveals (Pr 25:2; compare Ps 97:2; 1Ti 6:16).</p>