What does ἀνεξιχνίαστος (anexichníastos) mean in the Bible?
ἀνεξιχνίαστος (anexichníastos): Beyond human ability to trace or comprehend; God's ways and riches transcend rational investigation.
Greek · G421
ἀνεξιχνίαστος
Unsearchable
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ἀνεξιχνίαστος G421
Pronunciation anexichníastos
What does ἀνεξιχνίαστος (anexichníastos) mean in the Bible?
ἀνεξιχνίαστος (anexichníastos): Beyond human ability to trace or comprehend; God's ways and riches transcend rational investigation.
Full entry for ἀνεξιχνίαστος (G421) · Open the biblical lexicon
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How does the BSB render G421?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include unsearchable (1), untraceable (1).
Where does ἀνεξιχνίαστος (anexichníastos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 11:33. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It unsearchable 1× Ephesians 3:8
untraceable 1× Romans 11:33
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 11:33
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Romans 1 Ephesians 1
Source forms
ἀνεξιχνίαστοι 1x anexichniastoi Romans 11:33
ἀνεξιχνίαστον 1x anexichniaston Ephesians 3:8
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Ephesians 3:8
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural 1x Romans 11:33
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Beyond human ability to trace or comprehend; God's ways and riches transcend rational investigation.
Strong's G421
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Romans 11:33 Source Gloss
unsearchable
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Beyond human ability to trace or comprehend; God's ways and riches transcend rational investigation.
(ἀ- neg., ἐξιχνιάζω, to track out; ἴχνος) [in LXX: Job.5:9 9:10 34:24 (חֵקֶר אַיִן)* ;] that cannot be traced out: Rom.11:33, Eph.3:8 (MM, VGT, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 11:33 Adjective Nominative Plural Feminine
ἀνεξιχνίαστοι anexicniastoi
incomprehensible
Read verse Ephesians 3:8 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἀνεξιχνίαστον anexicniaston
incomprehensible
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Rom 11:33 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Eph 3:8 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
God's judgments and ways that cannot be traced or fully comprehended
The riches of Christ that exceed human ability to fully investigate or measure
Word Origins
ἀνεξιχνίαστος is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain