ἈΔΗΛΟΣ, ἀδηλος
ADĒLOS, adēlos
Sounds Like: ah-DEH-los
Translations: unclear, uncertain, indistinct, unknown, an unclear thing, an uncertain thing
From the root: ἈΔΗΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is not manifest, not evident, or uncertain. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'α-' (alpha privative, meaning 'not') and 'δηλος' (delos), meaning 'clear' or 'manifest'. Therefore, it literally means 'not clear' or 'not manifest'. It can be used to describe things that are hidden, obscure, or not easily perceived.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0083 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 2:32
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΔΗΛΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΔΗΛΙΑ — uncertainty, a lack of clarity, obscurity
- ἈΔΗΛΟΙ — uncertain, unknown, obscure, indistinct, unseen, not manifest, unclear, a thing unknown, uncertain things
- ἈΔΗΛΟΙΣ — unseen, unknown, uncertain, indistinct, obscure, hidden
- ἈΔΗΛΟΥ — of uncertain, of unknown, of unclear, of indistinct, of obscure
- ἈΔΗΛΟΥΣ — uncertain, unknown, indistinct, obscure, hidden, not manifest, not evident
- ἈΔΗΛΩ — (to) unseen, (to) unknown, (to) uncertain, (to) obscure
- ἈΔΗΛΩΝ — of unknown things, of uncertain things, of unclear things, of hidden things, of obscure things
- ἈΔΗΛΩΣ — uncertainly, indistinctly, obscurely, secretly, without clear evidence
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