Definition

an obscure saying ("enigma"), i.e. (abstractly) obscureness

Etymology

from a derivative of G136 (αἶνος) (in its primary sense);

Word family

• αἶνος aînos

How the KJV renders it

• X darkly

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.