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Lexicon :: Strong's G135 - ainigma

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αἴνιγμα
Transliteration
ainigma (Key)
Pronunciation
ah'-ee-nig-ma
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of αἶνος (G136) (in its primary sense)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
5x in 4 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 1:178,27

Strong’s Definitions

αἴνιγμα aínigma, ah'-ee-nig-ma; from a derivative of G136 (in its primary sense); an obscure saying ("enigma"), i.e. (abstractly) obscureness:—X darkly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G135 in the following manner: darkly (with G1722) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G135 in the following manner: darkly (with G1722) (1x).

  1. an obscure saying, enigma, riddle

  2. an obscure thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
αἴνιγμα aínigma, ah'-ee-nig-ma; from a derivative of G136 (in its primary sense); an obscure saying ("enigma"), i.e. (abstractly) obscureness:—X darkly.
STRONGS G135:
αἴνιγμα, -τος, τό (common from [Pindar fragment 165 (190)] Aeschylus down; from αἰνίσσομαι or αἰνίττομαί τι, to express something obscurely [from αἶνος, which see]);
1. an obscure saying, an enigma, Hebrew חִידָה (Judges 14:13, Sept. πρόβλημα).
2. an obscure thing: 1 Corinthians 13:12, where ἐν αἰνίγματι is not equivalent to αἰνιγματικῶς, i. e., ἀμαυρῶς obscurely, but denotes the object in the discerning of which we are engaged, as βλέπειν ἔν τινι, Matthew 6:4; cf. DeWette at the passage; the apostle has in mind Numbers 12:8 Sept.: ἐν εἴδει καὶ οὐ δἰ αἰνιγμάτων. [Others take ἐν locally, of the sphere in which we are looking; others refer the passage to 1. and take ἐν instrumentally.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
12:8
Judges
14:13
Matthew
6:4
1 Corinthians
13:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G135 matches the Greek αἴνιγμα (ainigma),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:8 - With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:37 - And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:6 - to understand a proverb and a saying,
the words of the wise and their riddles.
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