to reveal
apokalupto is used for bringing truths, persons, events, and hidden realities into open disclosure.
The verb most often marks the disclosure of a person, event, quality, or previously concealed matter; it also describes knowledge or a message being made known to selected recipients. The supplied verses show both present disclosure and disclosure anticipated for a future time.
Senses in use
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Making hidden realities openly manifest · dominant
In 1 Corinthians 3:13, the present passive form occurs as each person's work becomes evident through fire. Future or anticipated disclosure likewise concerns salvation and glory in 1 Peter 1:5 and Romans 8:18, the lawless one in 2 Thessalonians 2:8, and concealed things in Matthew 10:26.
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Making knowledge or a message known · common
In 1 Corinthians 2:10, the aorist active form states that God made certain things known through the Spirit. In Matthew 11:25, the same active form contrasts things hidden from the wise with their disclosure to children; Matthew 16:17 places the disclosure in contrast with flesh and blood.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “revealed” or “reveal,” and in 1 Corinthians 3:13 it also uses “disclose.” Across the verses, these renderings present either information made known or something formerly concealed becoming evident, though the translation does not identify a one-to-one English equivalent for each form.