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G215 ἀλάλητος (alálētos)
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Quick Definition

ἀλάλητος, ον Adj unutterable, that baffles words

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of 2980; unspeakable

KJV Usage: unutterable, which cannot be uttered

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + λαλέω

33.96 · Communication · Speak, Talk

what cannot be expressed in words pertaining to what cannot be uttered or expressed

ROM 8:26

1 It is possible that ἀνεκλάλητος is somewhat more forceful in meaning than ἀλάλητος, but this cannot be determined from NT usage.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀλάλητος, -ov, (λαλητός fr. λαλέω ; [ef. W. 23]), not to be uttered, not to be expressed in words: στεναγμοί mute sighs, the expression of which is suppressed by grief, Ro. viii. 26, [al. ‘which (from their nature) cannot be uttered’; cf. Mey. ad loc.; W. 97 (92)]. (Anth. Pal. 5, 4 συνίστορα ἀλαλήτων i. 6. of love-secrets.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀλάλητος alalētos 1x

unutterable, or, unexpressed, Rom. 8:26*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† ἀ-λάλητος, -ον

(< λαλέω),

inexpressible, not to be uttered: Ro 8:26.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀλάλητος (alalētos) — inexpressible. ἀλάλητος [λᾰ], ον, unspeakable, unutterable, variant in [NT+6th c.BC+]adverb -τως, as explanation of ἀλόγως[Refs]

II. ἀλάλητα· ξύλα ποταμόκλυστα, γομφώδη, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

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