Hard Sayings
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Hard Sayings

HARD SAYINGS; HARD SENTENCES

sa'-ingz;, sen'-ten-siz: In Daniel 5:12 the King James Version (Aramaic 'aqiahan), the Revised Version (British and American) "dark sentences," of enigmatic utterances which preternatural wisdom was needed to interpret; in John 6:60 (skleros. ho logos), of sayings (Christ's words at Capernaum about eating His flesh and drinking His blood) difficult for the natural mind to understand (compare 6:52).

Strong's Hebrew
2420. chidah -- a riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or ...
... Usage dark sayings (2), difficult questions (2), insinuations (1), intrigue (1),
riddle (10), riddles (1). dark saying sentence, speech, hard question, proverb ...
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