Unspeakable

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1anekdiegetosG411

denotes "inexpressible" (a, negative, n, euphonic, ekdiegeomai, "to declare, relate"), 2Co 9:15, "unspeakable" (of the gift of God); regarding the various explanations of the gift, it seems most suitable to view it as the gift of His Son.

2aneklaletosG412

denotes "unable to be told out" (eklaleo, "to speak out"), 1Pe 1:8, of the believer's joy.

3arrhetosG731

primarily, "unspoken" (a, negative, rhetos, "spoken"), denotes "unspeakable," 2Co 12:4, of the words heard by Paul when caught up into paradise. The word is common in sacred inscriptions especially in connection with the Greek Mysteries; hence Moulton and Milligan suggest the meaning "words too sacred to be uttered."