ἈΔΗΛΟΝ, ἀδηλον
ADĒLON, adēlon
Sounds Like: ah-DAY-lon
Translations: uncertain, unknown, obscure, indistinct, an uncertain thing
From the root: ΑΔΗΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning uncertain, unknown, or indistinct. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'α-' (meaning 'not' or 'un-') and 'δῆλος' (meaning 'clear' or 'evident'). Therefore, it literally means 'not clear' or 'not evident'. It is used to describe something that is not clearly seen, understood, or known, or something that is hidden or obscure. It can be used to refer to things that are doubtful or not yet revealed.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0082 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 18:268
- Book 2 — 9:219
- Book 13 — 5:151
- Book 15 — 4:102, 7:236
- Book 16 — 11:391
- Book 17 — 5:102
- Book 18 — 4:105, 6:172
- Book 19 — 1:108, 1:143, 2:167
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Corinthians — 14:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΔΗΛΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΔΗΛΑ — unclear, obscure, uncertain, hidden, secret, unknown, a secret thing, an unknown thing
- ΑΔΗΛΑ — unseen, hidden, obscure, uncertain, indistinct, unknown, a hidden thing, an uncertain thing
- ΑΔΗΛΟΝ — uncertain, unknown, indistinct, obscure, an uncertain thing, an unknown thing
- ΑΔΗΛΟΣ — unseen, unknown, uncertain, indistinct, obscure
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