411. anekdiégétos
Berean Strong's Lexicon
anekdiégétos: Indescribable, inexpressible

Original Word: ἀνεκδιήγητος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: anekdiégétos
Pronunciation: an-ek-dee-ay'-gay-tos
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ek-dee-ay'-gay-tos)
Definition: Indescribable, inexpressible
Meaning: indescribable, that cannot be thoroughly related, inexpressible.

Word Origin: From the Greek prefix "an-" (not) and "ekdiēgéomai" (to declare or describe fully)

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent in Strong's Concordance, the concept of something being beyond description can be related to Hebrew words like "פֶּלֶא" (pele, Strong's H6382), meaning "wonder" or "miracle," which also conveys the idea of something extraordinary and beyond human explanation.

Usage: The Greek word "anekdiégétos" is used to describe something that is beyond human ability to fully articulate or express. It conveys the idea of something so profound or magnificent that it cannot be adequately described with words. In the New Testament, it is used to emphasize the overwhelming and incomprehensible nature of God's gifts and works.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, language and rhetoric were highly valued, and the ability to describe and articulate thoughts was considered a mark of wisdom and education. The use of "anekdiégétos" in the New Testament would have stood out to its original audience as it suggests a divine quality that surpasses human understanding and expression. This reflects the early Christian belief in the transcendence and majesty of God's actions and gifts, which are beyond human comprehension.

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411 anekdiḗgētos (from 1 /A "not" and 1555 /ekdiēgéomai, "fully declare") – properly, inexpressible (beyond words); indescribable (inexplicable), impossible to estimate (used only in 2 Cor 9:15).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from alpha (as a neg. prefix) and ekdiégeomai
Definition
inexpressible
NASB Translation
indescribable (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 411: ἀνεκδιήγητος

ἀνεκδιήγητος, ἀνεκδιηγητον (alpha privative and ἐκδιηγέομαι, which see), unspeakable, indescribable: 2 Corinthians 9:15 δωρεά, to describe and commemorate which words fail. (Only in ecclesiastical writings. (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 20, 5 [ET]; 49, 4 [ET]; Athenagoras, Theophilus of Antioch, others).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
indescribable

From a (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of ekdiegeomai; not expounded in full, i.e. Indescribable -- unspeakable.

see GREEK a

see GREEK ekdiegeomai

Forms and Transliterations
ανεκδιηγητω ανεκδιηγήτω ἀνεκδιηγήτῳ anekdiegeto anekdiēgētō anekdiegḗtoi anekdiēgḗtōi
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Corinthians 9:15 Adj-DFS
GRK: ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνεκδιηγήτῳ αὐτοῦ δωρεᾷ
NAS: be to God for His indescribable gift!
KJV: for his unspeakable gift.
INT: for the indescribable of him gift

Strong's Greek 411
1 Occurrence


ἀνεκδιηγήτῳ — 1 Occ.

















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