adjective

arrētem

Greekἄρρητος (arrētos)

Strong’sG731

not to be uttered, secret

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

Translated as

inexpressible1×

What it means

** ἄρρητος, -ον

(< ἀ- neg., ῥητός, ῥέω), [in Sm.: Le 18:23*;]

1. unspoken (Hom., al.).

2. unspeakable (Hat., al.; freq. in Inscr.; MM, s.v.): II Co 12:4.†

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

Strong’s G731 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidar'-hray-tos

unsaid, i.e. (by implication) inexpressible

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and the same as G4490;

King Jamesunspeakable.

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	arrētos	arrētas	arrētem	arrētois	arrētais	arrēteim1×ἄρρητα
object accusative	arrēton	arrētan		arrētoin	arrētain
direct address vocative	arrētor	arrētar		arrētoir	arrētair
of, belonging to genitive	arrētou	arrētau	arrēteu	arrētoiu	arrētaiu	arrēteiu
to, for dative	arrēto	arrēta	arrēte	arrētoi	arrētai	arrētei

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

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

arrēt 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

arrēteim“inexpressible”subject or objectdirect plural1×

2 Corinthians 12:4“inexpressible”hoti harpazita eis ton paradeison kai akouata arrēteim rēmeim heim ouk exestinarōtem anthrōpo lalara.was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.