ἀìδηλος
ἄδηλ-ος, ον, unseen, invisible, of a fish, ποιεῖν ἑαυτὸν ἄ. Arist. HA 620b31; ἄ. χιτών, of the hyaloid membrane of the eye, [ Gal. ]14.712; unknown, obscure, Hes. Op. 6; τὸν ἄ. ἄνδρα.. ἰχνεύειν S. OT 475; ἐὰν δὲ.. ἄ. ὁ κτείνας ᾖ Pl Lg. 874a; of troops, ἄ. τοῖς πολεμίοις X. Cyr. 6.3.13; εἰς τὸ ἄ. ἀποκρύπτειν Id. Eq.Mag. 5.7. II mostly of things, ἄ. θάνατοι death by an unknown hand, S. OT 496; ἄ. ἔχθρα secret enmity, Th. 8.108; ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον melts all to nothing, S. Tr. 698; inscrutable, E. Or. 1318. neut., ἄδηλόν [ἐστι] εἰ.. it is uncertain whether.., Pl. Phdr. 232e, al.; ἄ. μή.. Id. Phd. 91d: abs., ἄ. ὄν Th. 1.2; ἐν ἀδήλῳ εἶναι Antipho 5.6; ἐν ἀδηλοτέρῳ εἶναι X. HG 7.5.8; ἐξ ἀδήλου ἔρχεται [σελήνη] S. Fr. 871.5; also ἄ. agreeing with the subject (like δίκαιός εἰμι), παῖδες ἄ. ὁποτέρων, = ἄδηλον ὁποτέρων παῖδές εἰσιν, Lys. 1.33; ἀδήλοις.. πῶς ἀποβήσεται, = ἃ ἄ. ἐστι πῶς ἀ., Arist. EN 1112b9, cf. X. Mem. 1.1.6.
2. not evident to sense, ὄψις τῶν ἀ. τὰ φαινόμενα Anaxag. 21a, cf. Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.6U.; opp. φανερόν, Phld. Sign. 6, al.; opp. ἐναργές, ib. 14, cf. Diog.Oen. 8.
3. unintelligible, φωνή [1Co 14:8].
4. unproved, Stoic. 2.89. III Adv. -λως secretly, Th. 1.92, etc.: Sup. -ότατα Id. 7.50.
G82 — ἄδηλος
(δῆλος), not manifest: [Luk 11:44]; indistinct, uncertain, obscure: φωνή, [1Co 14:8]. (In Greek authors from Hesiod down.) (Cf. δῆλος, at the end; Schmidt, chapter 130.)
ἄ - δηλος , - ον
( < δῆλος )
[in LXX : ([Psa 51:6]) (H987);]
1. unseen, unobserved, not manifest (Ps, l.c .): [Luk 11:44].
2. uncertain, indistinct: [1Co 14:8]. †