UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: αἴνιγμα; -τος

Related lemmas: αἰνίσσομαι

Sense 1: that which is puzzling, that which is difficult to understand, puzzle, riddle

Semantic entry: 32.21

Semantic domains: Understand

Subdomains: Ease or Difficulty in Understanding

Definition: that which is difficult or impossible to understand

Notes: In OET CO1 13:12 the term αἴνιγμα may be interpreted as lack of clarity in perception, so that the meaning would be ‘that which is difficult to see clearly,’ but the general usage of αἴνιγμα would seem to point to the meaning of difficulty in understanding and comprehension rather than in visual perception. For another interpretation of αἴνιγμα in OET CO1 13:12, see 24.37: αἴνιγμα.

Show passage in OET: CO1 13:12

OET-RV CO1 13:12

12 In this present age, we see like fuzzy reflections in a mirror, but in the future, we’ll see God face to face. In this age, I have partial knowledge, but then it’ll be complete, just like we’ll be known completely.

OET-LV CO1 13:12

12 For/Because we _are _seeing now through a_mirror in an_enigma, but then face to face, now I _am _knowing by part, but then I _will _be _knowing _fully, as also I _was _known _fully.

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Sense 2: dim image, reflected image, dimly

Semantic entry: 24.37

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: See

Definition: an indirect or indistinct visual image

Notes: For another interpretation of αἴνιγμα in OET CO1 13:12, see 32.21: αἴνιγμα.