The Definition of the word Riddle

Riddle

(Heb. hodah). The oldest and, strictly speaking, the only example of a riddle was that propounded by Samson (Judg. 14:12-18). The parabolic prophecy in Ezek. 17:2-18 is there "called a "riddle." It was rather, however, an allegory. The word" darkly in 1 Cor. 13:12 is the rendering of the Greek enigma; "marg., "in a riddle."