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.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Numbers
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12:8
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Judges
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14:13
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Matthew
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6:4
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1 Corinthians
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13:12
