Lexicon paralogizomai: to miscalculate, to reason falsely Original Word: παραλογίζομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: paralogizomai Phonetic Spelling: (par-al-og-id'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I deceive, beguile Definition: I deceive, beguile, reason falsely, mislead. HELPS word-Studies 3884 paralogízomai (from 3844 /pará, "contrary when compared side-by-side" and 3049 /logízomai, "to reason") – properly, to reason contrary to truth, in a misleading (erroneous) way. 3884 /paralogízomai ("deceive close-beside") operates by distorted reasoning – using what seems "plausible" but later lets the person down ("disappoints"). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom para and logizomaiDefinitionto miscalculate, to reason falsely NASB Translationdelude (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3884: παραλογίζομαιπαραλογίζομαι; (see παρά, IV. 2); a. to reckon wrong, miscount: Demosthenes, p. 822, 25; 1037, 15. b. to cheat by false reckoning (Aeschines, Aristotle); to deceive by false reasoning (joined to ἐξαπαταν, Epictetus diss. 2, 20, 7); hence, c. universally, to deceive, delude, circumvent: τινα, Colossians 2:4; James 1:22 (the Sept. several times for רִמָּה).
Strong's beguile, deceive. From para and logizomai; to misreckon, i.e. Delude -- beguile, deceive. see GREEK para see GREEK logizomai |
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