Lexicon paradoxos: contrary to opinion or expectation Original Word: παράδοξος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: paradoxos Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad'-ox-os) Short Definition: unexpected, strange, wonderful Definition: unexpected, strange, wonderful, astonishing. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom para and doxaDefinitioncontrary to opinion or expectation NASB Translationremarkable things (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3861: παράδοξοςπαράδοξος, παράδοξον ( παρά contrary to (see παρά, IV. 2), and δόξα opinion; hence, equivalent to ὁ παρά τήν δόξαν ὤν), unexpected, uncommon, incredible, wonderful: neuter plural Luke 5:26 ( A. V. strange things, cf. Trench, § 91 at the end). (Judith 13:13; Wis. 5:2 etc.; Sir. 43:25; 2 Macc. 9:24; 4 Macc. 2:14; Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Aelian v. h. 4, 25; Lucian, dial. deor. 20, 7; 9, 2; Josephus, contra Apion 1, 10, 2; Herodian, 1, 1, 5 ((4 Bekker)).)
Strong's strange. From para and doxa (in the sense of seeming); contrary to expectation, i.e. Extraordinary ("paradox") -- strange. see GREEK para see GREEK doxa |
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