adelos describes what is not readily recognized, whether a trumpet signal or graves hidden from passersby.

The attested use concerns what cannot be readily recognized: a trumpet sound that does not communicate a clear call and graves over which people walk without knowing it.

1. Not readily recognized or distinguished · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 14:8, the accusative singular feminine form describes a trumpet sound whose character leaves hearers unable to prepare for war; the APB renders the clause “the trumpet gives an unclear sound.” In Luke 11:44, the nominative plural neuter form occurs in the comparison to graves that people walk over without knowing it; the APB renders them “unmarked graves.”

   1 Corinthians 14:8Luke 11:44

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the two contexts with “an unclear sound” in 1 Corinthians 14:8 and “unmarked graves” in Luke 11:44. These renderings show the verses’ contexts rather than separate definitions.