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G412 ἀνεκλάλητος (aneklálētos)
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ἀνεκλάλητος, ον Adj unspeakable

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of 1583; not spoken out, i.e. (by implication) unutterable

KJV Usage: unspeakable

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | λαλέω

33.96 · Communication · Speak, Talk

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

1PE 1:8

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

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀν-εκ-λάλητος, -ov, (a priv. and ἐκλαλέω), unspeakable : 1 Pet. i. 8 (to which words are inadequate). ([Diose. medicam. p. 93 ed. Kiihn]; Heliod. 6, 15 p. 252 (296); and in eccl. writ.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀνεκλάλητος aneklalētos 1x

unspeakable, ineffable, 1 Pet. 1:8*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† ἀν-εκ-λάλητος, -ον

(< ἀ-, ἐκλαλέω),

unspeakable: I Pe 1:8.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀνεκλάλητος (aneklalētos) — inexpressible. ἀνεκ-λάλητος, ον, unutterable, ineffable, [NT+5th c.BC+]

2. not capable of expression or calculation, δύναμις[Refs 1st c.AD+]Eup.Praef.; ἰδιότης[Refs 1st c.AD+]

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