Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
riddle
Usage: puzzle, riddle Aramaic of chi.dah (חִידָה "riddle" H2420)
Achidah means “hard sentence” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G280 — ametros (“immoderate”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H280 אֲחִידָּה (achiydah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. achiydah (akh-ee-daw') n-f. 1. hard sentence [(Aramaic) corresponding to H2420, an enigma] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include hard. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
achiydah (akh-ee-daw') n-f. 1. hard sentence [(Aramaic) corresponding to H2420, an enigma] Root(s): H2420
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H280. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
riddle
Usage: puzzle, riddle Aramaic of chi.dah (חִידָה "riddle" H2420)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render achiydah, 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 Old 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.
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 Old Testament.
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H280.
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H280, grouped by book.
Achidah (Strong's H280) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "hard sentence". achiydah (akh-ee-daw') n-f. 1. hard sentence [(Aramaic) corresponding to H2420, an enigma]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H280 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H280 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hard. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.