adjective

alalētos

Greekἀλάλητος (alalētos)

Strong’sG215

unutterable, that baffles words

stem alalēt-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

too deep for words1×

What it means

† ἀ-λάλητος, -ον

(< λαλέω),

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

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

Strong’s G215 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidal-al'-ay-tos

unspeakable

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G2980;

King Jamesunutterable, which cannot be uttered.

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	alalētos	alalētas	alalētem	alalētois	alalētais	alalēteim
object accusative	alalēton	alalētan		alalētoin	alalētain
direct address vocative	alalētor	alalētar		alalētoir	alalētair
of, belonging to genitive	alalētou	alalētau	alalēteu	alalētoiu	alalētaiu	alalēteiu
to, for dative	alalēto	alalēta	alalēte	alalētoi1×ἀλαλήτοις	alalētai	alalētei

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

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

alalēt 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

alalētoi“too deep for words”to, fordative plural1×

Romans 8:26“too deep for words”Hōsautōs de kai tem pneumem sunantilambetō ta asthenia nu; tem gar tinem proseucheneia katho datō ouk oidanē, alla autem tem pneumem huperentunchanatō stenagmoi alalētoi,In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.