Quick Definition
a mist, dimness
Strong's Definition
dimness of sight, i.e. (probably) a cataract
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
KJV Usage: mist
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀχλύς, 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.)): Act_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, 2Co_1:1-24; 2Co_6:1-18 [ET] ἀχλυος γέμειν.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀχλύς achlys 1x
a mist; darkening, dimness, of the sight, Act_13:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀχλύς , -ύος , ἡ ,
[in Aq .: Eze_12:7 ; Sm .: Job_3:5 * ;]
a mist, esp . a dimness of the eyes: Act_13:11 ( v. Tr., Syn. , § c ).†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀχλύς "a mist", Lat. caligo, Od. ; "a mist over the eyes" of one dying, Il. ; or of a person deprived of the power of knowing others, id=Il. —metaph. "gloom, trouble", Aesch.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀχλύς, -ύος, ἡ
[in Aq.: Eze.12:7; Sm.: Job.3:5 * ;]
a mist, esp. a dimness of the eyes: Act.13:11 (see Tr., Syn., § with).†
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