Strong G82ἄδηλος
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- Transliteration
- adēlos
- Pronunciation
- ad'-ay-los
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄ-δηλος, -ον
(δῆλος), [in LXX: Ps 50 (51):6 (בַּטֻחוֹת);]
1. unseen, unobserved, not manifest (Ps, l.with): Luk.11:44.
2. uncertain, indistinct: 1Co.14:8.
† (AS)
(δῆλος), [in LXX: Ps 50 (51):6 (בַּטֻחוֹת);]
1. unseen, unobserved, not manifest (Ps, l.with): Luk.11:44.
2. uncertain, indistinct: 1Co.14:8.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G82 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- appear1
- uncertain1
First verses
- Luke 11:44Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
- 1 Corinthians 14:8For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄδηλ-ος, ον,
unseen, invisible, of a fish, ποιεῖν ἑαυτὸν ἄ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 620b31)]; ἄ. χιτών, of the hyaloid membrane of the eye, [[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus]14.712)]; unknown, obscure, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 6; τὸν ἄ. ἄνδρα.. ἰχνεύειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 475)]; ἐὰν δὲ.. ἄ. ὁ κτείνας ᾖ [Refs (Pl “Lg.” 874a)]; of troops, ἄ. τοῖς πολεμίοις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.13; εἰς τὸ ἄ. ἀποκρύπτειν [prev. author] “Eq.Mag.” 5.7.)]
II mostly of things, ἄ. θάνατοι death by an unknown hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 496)]; ἄ. ἔχθρα secret enmity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.108)]; ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον melts all to nothing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 698)]; inscrutable, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1318.)]
II.b neuter, ἄδηλόν [ἐστι] εἰ.. it is uncertain whether.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232e, +others)]; ἄ. μή.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phd.” 91d: _absolutely_, ἄ. ὄν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2; ἐν ἀδήλῳ εἶναι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.6; ἐν ἀδηλοτέρῳ εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.8; ἐξ ἀδήλου ἔρχεται [σελήνη] 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 871.5)]; also ἄ. agreeing with the subject (like δίκαιός εἰμι), παῖδες ἄ. ὁποτέρων, ={ἄδηλον ὁποτέρων παῖδές εἰσιν}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.33)]; ἀδήλοις.. πῶς ἀποβήσεται, ={ἃ ἄ. ἐστι πῶς ἀ}., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1112b9, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.6.)]
II.2 not evident to sense, ὄψις τῶν ἀ. τὰ φαινόμενα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 21a, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.6U.)]; opposed to φανερόν, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 6, +others)]; opposed to ἐναργές,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 14, compare 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 8.)]
II.3 unintelligible, φωνή[NT (NT.1Cor.14.8.)]
II.4 unproved, [Refs (Stoic. 2.89.)]
III adverb -λως secretly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.92, etc.)]: superlative -ότατα[Refs ([prev. author] 7.50.)]
unseen, invisible, of a fish, ποιεῖν ἑαυτὸν ἄ.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 620b31)]; ἄ. χιτών, of the hyaloid membrane of the eye, [[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus]14.712)]; unknown, obscure, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 6; τὸν ἄ. ἄνδρα.. ἰχνεύειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 475)]; ἐὰν δὲ.. ἄ. ὁ κτείνας ᾖ [Refs (Pl “Lg.” 874a)]; of troops, ἄ. τοῖς πολεμίοις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.13; εἰς τὸ ἄ. ἀποκρύπτειν [prev. author] “Eq.Mag.” 5.7.)]
II mostly of things, ἄ. θάνατοι death by an unknown hand, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 496)]; ἄ. ἔχθρα secret enmity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.108)]; ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον melts all to nothing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 698)]; inscrutable, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1318.)]
II.b neuter, ἄδηλόν [ἐστι] εἰ.. it is uncertain whether.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 232e, +others)]; ἄ. μή.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phd.” 91d: _absolutely_, ἄ. ὄν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2; ἐν ἀδήλῳ εἶναι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.6; ἐν ἀδηλοτέρῳ εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.8; ἐξ ἀδήλου ἔρχεται [σελήνη] 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 871.5)]; also ἄ. agreeing with the subject (like δίκαιός εἰμι), παῖδες ἄ. ὁποτέρων, ={ἄδηλον ὁποτέρων παῖδές εἰσιν}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.33)]; ἀδήλοις.. πῶς ἀποβήσεται, ={ἃ ἄ. ἐστι πῶς ἀ}., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1112b9, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.6.)]
II.2 not evident to sense, ὄψις τῶν ἀ. τὰ φαινόμενα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 21a, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.6U.)]; opposed to φανερόν, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 6, +others)]; opposed to ἐναργές,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 14, compare 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 8.)]
II.3 unintelligible, φωνή[NT (NT.1Cor.14.8.)]
II.4 unproved, [Refs (Stoic. 2.89.)]
III adverb -λως secretly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.92, etc.)]: superlative -ότατα[Refs ([prev. author] 7.50.)]