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ἀχλύς

achlýs · G887 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. (A possible idiom, literally: mistiness and darkness fall) A serious impairment of sight, possibly involving total blindness (dark mistiness occurs (to someone), to become blind)

    Examples

    Acts 13:11 “Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand.

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Contrasting words 1 word
ἀνάβλεψις anáblepsis · G309 · to gain sight, to be able to see, to regain one’s sight
ἀνάβλεψις is the restoration or recovery of sight, the exact opposite of ἀχλύς which is the loss or dimming of sight
Semantic domains 1 entry
Dark mistiness occurs (to someone), to become blind24.40
Used of sudden blindness coming over someone, as of the mist and darkness that fall upon Elymas in Acts 13:11.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀχλυος, ἡ, a mist, dimness (Latincaligo), especially over the eyes (a poetic word, often…
ἀχλυος, ἡ, a mist, dimness (Latincaligo), especially over the eyes (a poetic word, often in Homer; then in Hesiod, Aeschylus; in prose writings from (Aristotle, meteor. 2, 8, p. 367{b}, 17 etc. and) Polybius 34, 11, 15 on; (of a cataract, Dioscor. Cf. Trench, § c.)): Acts 13:11. (Josephus, Antiquities 9, 4, 3 τάς τῶν πολεμίων ὄψεις ἀμαυρωσαι τόν Θεόν παρεκάλει ἀχλυν αὐταῖς ἐπιβαλοντα. Metaphorically, of the mind, Clement of Rome, 2 Cor. 1, 6 [ET] ἀχλυος γέμειν.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

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Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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