ainigma - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H135 — addan in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G135 αἴνιγμα (ainigma) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ainigma (ai'-nig-ma) n. 1. an obscure saying, "enigma" 2. (abstractly) obscureness It has 9 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include darkly. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
ainigma (ai'-nig-ma) n. 1. an obscure saying, "enigma" 2. (abstractly) obscureness [from a derivative of G136 (in its primary sense)] KJV: X darkly Root(s): G136
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G135. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
obscure thing
Usage: αἴνιγμα, -ατος, τό (αἰνίσσομαι, to speak in riddles; αἰνός = δεινός, dread, strange), [in LXX for חִידָה, Num.12:8 and always exc. Deu.28:37 (שַׁמָּה) ;] a dark saying, riddle: 1Co.13:12 (cf. Nu, l.with).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ainigma, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G135 (αἴνιγμα) appears 8 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
5 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
I will speak to him mouth to mouth apparently, and not in dark speeches; and he has seen the glory of the Lord; and why were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
And thou shalt be there for a wonder, and a parable, and a tale, among all the nations, to which the Lord thy God shall carry thee away.
And the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
If a man desire much experience, She knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come: She knoweth the subtleties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences: She foreseeth signs and wonders, And the events of seasons and times.
He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences, And be conversant in dark parables.
Thy soul covered the whole earth, And thou filledst it with dark parables.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G135.
I will speak to him mouth to mouth apparently, and not in dark speeches; and he has seen the glory of the Lord; and why were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
And thou shalt be there for a wonder, and a parable, and a tale, among all the nations, to which the Lord thy God shall carry thee away.
And the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.
And the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and she came to Jerusalem with a very large force, to prove Solomon with hard questions, and she had camels bearing spices in abundance, and gold, and precious stones: and she came to Solomon, and told him all that was in her mind.
And will understand a parable, and a dark speech; The sayings of the wise also, and riddles.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
If a man desire much experience, She knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come: She knoweth the subtleties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences: She foreseeth signs and wonders, And the events of seasons and times.
He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences, And be conversant in dark parables.
Thy soul covered the whole earth, And thou filledst it with dark parables.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G135, grouped by book.
Strong's G135 is a Greek entry for G135 αἴνιγμα (ainigma). ainigma (ai'-nig-ma) n. 1. an obscure saying, "enigma" 2. (abstractly) obscureness
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's G135 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G135 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as darkly. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 5 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G135, with linked reader references where each row is available.