adjective

adēlas

Greekἄδηλος (adēlos)

Strong’sG82

unseen, not obvious

stem adēl-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

indistinct1×unmarked1×

What it means

ἄ-δηλος, -ον

(< δῆλος), [in LXX: Ps 50 (51):6 (בַּטֻּחוֹת);]

1. unseen, unobserved, not manifest (Ps 50 (51):6): Lk 11:44.

2. uncertain, indistinct: I Co 14:8.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G82 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidad'-ay-los

hidden, figuratively, indistinct

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G1212;

King Jamesappear not, uncertain.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	adēlos	adēlas	adēlem	adēlois	adēlais	adēleim1×ἄδηλα
object accusative	adēlon	adēlan1×ἄδηλον		adēloin	adēlain
direct address vocative	adēlor	adēlar		adēloir	adēlair
of, belonging to genitive	adēlou	adēlau	adēleu	adēloiu	adēlaiu	adēleiu
to, for dative	adēlo	adēla	adēle	adēloi	adēlai	adēlei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

adēlstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

adēl is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

adēlan“indistinct”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Corinthians 14:8“indistinct”kai gar ean adēlan fōnan salpinxas dōateia, tinos paraskeuazeti eis polemon?Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?

adēleim“unmarked”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Luke 11:44“unmarked”ouai vi, hoti avō hōs teim mnēmeieim teim adēleim, kai tois anthrōpois tois peripatarōtois epanō ouk oidalē.Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”