What does ἄδηλος (ádēlos) mean in the Bible?
ἄδηλος (ádēlos) is a Greek word meaning "hidden, figuratively, indistinct".
Greek · G82
ἄδηλος
Hidden, figuratively, indistinct
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ἄδηλος G82
Pronunciation ádēlos
What does ἄδηλος (ádēlos) mean in the Bible?
ἄδηλος (ádēlos) is a Greek word meaning "hidden, figuratively, indistinct".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G82?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a muffled (1), unmarked (1).
Where does ἄδηλος (ádēlos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 11:44. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Luke (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 a muffled 1× 1 Corinthians 14:8
unmarked 1× Luke 11:44
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 11:44
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Luke 1 1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ἄδηλα 1x adēla Luke 11:44
ἄδηλον 1x adēlon 1 Corinthians 14:8
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 14:8
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x Luke 11:44
Evidence Summary
Greek word. hidden, figuratively, indistinct
Strong's G82
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
hidden, figuratively, indistinct
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.
Luke 11:44 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
ἄδηλα, adhla
unseen, not obvious
Read verse 1 Corinthians 14:8 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἄδηλον adhlon
unseen, not obvious
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 · Neuter Luke 11:44 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 14:8 1×
Word Origins
ἄδηλος 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