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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904) · Public Domain

Dark saying

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

This is the tr" of Heb. ^-^V /iidhdh, in Ps 49 78'-, Pr 1^. Elsewhere /ndliHk is tr ' dark speech ' Nu 12 ; ' dark sentence ' Dn 8-^ ; •hard question' 1 K IQi, 2 Ch 9'; 'riddle' .Tg 1412. 13. 14. 15. 10. 17. 18. 19^ Ezk 17^ ; and 'proverb' Hab 2". See RIDDLE. In Wis 8^ we find 'dark sayings,' and in first Prologue to Sir ' d. sentences' (ahly/mra. This Gr. word is the LXX tr. of ildlmh in Nu 12, 1 K 10', 2 Ch 9i, Pr l^ ; it is found in NT only 1 Co 13i- 4i/ aivlyixan, 'darkly,' marg.

' in a riddle '). In Jn 16'-"- -^ Amer. RV has 'dark saying' for AV and RV 'proverb' {napoinla.) Cf. Coverdale, Letter to Cromwell of Dec. 13, 1538, 'Pitie it were that the darck places of the text (upon the which I have alwaye set a hande) shulde so passe undeclared.' J. Hastings.

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