UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: ἄδηλος; -ον

Constructions: ἄδηλος; ἀ-; δηλόω

Sense 1: not evident, not perceived, unseen, unmarked

Semantic entry: 24.95

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: General Sensory Perception

Definition: pertaining to not being perceived

Notes: Though in Greek ἄδηλος may designate anything which is unperceived by any of the senses, in OET LUK 11:44 the most evident sense involved would be sight, and therefore one may translate ‘because you are like graves that cannot be seen.’

Show passage in OET: LUK 11:44

OET-RV LUK 11:44

44 You all won’t end well, because you’re like unmarked graves that people walk all over without even realising—the people simply don’t know that you’re dead inside.”

OET-LV LUK 11:44

44 Woe to _you _all, because you _all _are as the the unseen tombs, and the people walking over they _have_ not _known it.

Show passage in OET: CO1 14:8

OET-RV CO1 14:8

8 because if the trumpet produces an unclear sound, how will the soldiers know to prepare for battle.

OET-LV CO1 14:8

8 For/Because also if an_uncertain a_trumpet sound may _give, who will _be _preparing himself for war?

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἄδηλος

Form 1

Sense 1: not evident, not perceived, unseen, unmarked