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
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+]
