αἴνιγμαaínigma
an obscure saying ("enigma"), i.e. (abstractly) obscureness
Greek (New Testament) · G135
Meanings
a dark saying, riddle: 1 Corinthians 13:12 (cf. Numbers 12:8).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.