Enigma
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) An obscure or inexplicable saying; a riddle; something the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.

2. (n.) An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ENIGMA

e-nig'-ma.

See GAMES.

Greek
135. ainigma -- a riddle
... a riddle. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: ainigma Phonetic Spelling:
(ah'-ee-nig-ma) Short Definition: a riddle, an enigma Definition: a riddle ...
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Strong's Hebrew
280. achidah -- a riddle
... hard sentence. (Aramaic) corresponding to chiydah, an enigma -- hard sentence. see
HEBREW chiydah. 279, 280. achidah. 281 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Of the Term "Enigma," and of Tropical Modes of Speech.
... Book XV. Chapter 9."Of the Term "Enigma," And of Tropical Modes of Speech.
15. What has been said relates to the words of the ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 9 of the term enigma.htm

My Soul is on Fire to Know this Most Intricate Enigma. ...
... Book XI Chapter XXII My soul is on fire to know this most intricate enigma.�
My soul is on fire to know this most intricate enigma. ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xxii my soul is.htm

He Prays God that He Would Explain this Most Entangled Enigma.
... Book XI. Chapter XXII."He Prays God that He Would Explain This Most Entangled
Enigma. 28. My soul yearns to know this most entangled enigma. ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/chapter xxii he prays god that.htm

Concerning the Word of the Mind, in which we See the Word of God ...
... Book XV. Chapter 10."Concerning the Word of the Mind, in Which We See
the Word of God, as in a Glass and an Enigma. 17. But let ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 10 concerning the word of.htm

Whether the First Man Saw God through his Essence?
... Therefore man saw God through His Essence. Objection 3: Further, the vision of God
is His Essence is whereby God is seen without a medium or enigma. ...
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Christ's Exclamation: Psalm xxii. --His Last Words.
... An enigma, indeed, must this exclamation appear to all who isolate it from its
connexion with the state of Christ's soul up to the last expression of triumph ...
/.../section 292 christs exclamation psalm.htm

The Natural Invisibility of the Father, and the visibility of the ...
... in the Gospel, "Moses appeared talking with Jesus" [7928] "it is evident that in
early times it was always in a glass, (as it were,) and an enigma, in vision ...
/.../tertullian/against praxeas/chapter xiv the natural invisibility of.htm

The Likeness of the Divine Word, Such as it Is, is to be Sought ...
... pass by this, in order to arrive at that word of man, by the likeness of which,
be it of what sort it may, the Word of God may be somehow seen as in an enigma. ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 11 the likeness of the.htm

If any one Wishes to Hear the Arrangements for My Journey from ...
... to speak out, especially since you have writings to trust to; for I am not to be
tried by your words which you at your will either veil in enigma or blurt out ...
/.../22 if any one wishes.htm

Of the Likeness of the Father and of the Son Alleged to be in Our ...
... taken pains so far as I could, not indeed so that the thing might be seen face to
face, but that it might be seen by this likeness in an enigma, [1038] in how ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 21 of the likeness of.htm

Thesaurus
Enigma
... 2. (n.) An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained;
a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma. Int. ...ENIGMA. e-nig'-ma. ...
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Riddle (11 Occurrences)
... allegory. The word "darkly" in 1 Corinthians 13:12 is the rendering of the Greek
enigma; marg., "in a riddle.". Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
/r/riddle.htm - 11k

Interpretation (45 Occurrences)
... of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction;
as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma. ...
/i/interpretation.htm - 57k

En-ha'zor (1 Occurrence)
En-ha'zor. En-hazor, En-ha'zor. Enigma . Multi-Version Concordance ... Joshua
19:37 and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor; (See RSV). En-hazor, En-ha'zor. Enigma...
/e/en-ha'zor.htm - 6k

Enigmas (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Enigma. Multi-Version Concordance
Enigmas (4 Occurrences). 1 Kings 10:1 And the queen of ...
/e/enigmas.htm - 7k

Mystery (31 Occurrences)
... Eleusinian mysteries. 3. (n.) The consecrated elements in the Eucharist.
4. (a.) Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma. 5. (n ...
/m/mystery.htm - 42k

Proverb (24 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
3. (n.) A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference. ...
/p/proverb.htm - 29k

Death (1610 Occurrences)
... The so-called nature-peoples even feel that death is much more of an enigma than
life; Tiele (Inleiding tot de goddienst-artenschap, II (1900), 202, referring ...
/d/death.htm - 68k

Genealogy (29 Occurrences)
... tribe or clan, is a fascinating and far-reaching generalization, but it lacks
confirmation, and would make of the Scripture an allegorical enigma in which ...
/g/genealogy.htm - 70k

Providence (3 Occurrences)
... The Book of Judges, which covers the "dark ages" of Bible history, and is an enigma
to many in the study of God's hand in history, shows how far God must needs ...
/p/providence.htm - 44k

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